High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8070
CVE-2017-8070
Description
drivers/net/usb/catc.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.11 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.
Affected products
3- osv-coords3 versionspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-flo@3.4.0-5.23?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-goldfish@3.4.0-4.27?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenialpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-mako@3.4.0-7.44?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
>= 0+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
- (no CPE)range: >= 0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2d6a0e9de03ee658a9adc3bfb2f0ca55dff1e478nvdPatch
- www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11nvdRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98011nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
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