CVE-2018-16276

High

Description

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedAug 31, 2018
First seenAug 31, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.37 ≤ v < 3.16.58, 3.17 ≤ v < 3.18.116, 3.19 ≤ v < 4.4.141, 4.5 ≤ v < 4.9.113, 4.10 ≤ v < 4.14.56, 4.15 ≤ v < 4.17.73.16.58, 3.18.116, 4.4.141, 4.9.113, 4.14.56, 4.17.7
debian debian_linux8.0, 9.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04—

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