Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published May 8, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-8831
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.
Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
6- 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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