High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-8064
CVE-2017-8064
Description
drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/dvb_usb_core.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 memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
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6- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97975nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/005145378c9ad7575a01b6ce1ba118fb427f583anvdThird Party Advisory
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