Medium severity6.3NVD Advisory· Published Nov 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-15102
CVE-2017-15102
Description
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: Linux kernel through version 4.9-rc1
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
7- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/238nvdIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101790nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
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