High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8063
CVE-2017-8063
Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/cxusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
Patches
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4nvdMailing ListPatch
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3f190e3aec212fc8c61e202c51400afa7384d4bcnvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97974nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12nvdRelease Notes
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