Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17975

Description

Use-after-free in the usbtv_probe function in drivers/media/usb/usbtv/usbtv-core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering failure of audio registration, because a kfree of the usbtv data structure occurs during a usbtv_video_free call, but the usbtv_video_fail label's code attempts to both access and free this data structure.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.14.10
- (no CPE)range: <=4.14.10
osv-coords35 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3
< 4.4.120-92.70.1+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

linuxtesting.org/pipermail/ldv-project/2017-November/001008.htmlnvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102330nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1/nvd
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvd

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