Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-8831

Description

The saa7164_bus_get function in drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-bus.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds array access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing a certain sequence-number value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

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Affected products

Canonical/Ubuntu Linux
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
Debian/linux
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=4.11.5
osv-coords95 versions
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< 5.14.6-1.4+ 94 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.6-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.5
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.63.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.101.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.82-6.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.63.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.61-52.101.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.12.74-60.64.63.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-8.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/stoth68000/media-tree/commit/354dd3924a2e43806774953de536257548b5002cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540770/30/0/threadednvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/99619nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking

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