Medium severity6.6NVD Advisory· Published Nov 4, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-16538
CVE-2017-16538
Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44566/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.linuxtv.org/patch/44567/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- groups.google.com/d/msg/syzkaller/XwNidsl4X04/ti6I2IaRBAAJnvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.htmlnvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082nvd
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