Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-5547
Published: February 6, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU39737
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5547
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Fedora
kernel
Fedora
kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5547
Install update from vendor's website.
kernel - addressed in versions 4.9.6-100.fc24, 4.9.6-200.fc25
External References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95709
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6d104af38b570d37aa32a5803b04c354f8ed513d