VDB
CVE-2017-15102
CVE-2017-15102
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.300000190734863 MEDIUM
The tower_probe function in drivers/usb/misc/legousbtower.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.1 allows local users (who are physically proximate for inserting a crafted USB device) to gain privileges by leveraging a write-what-where condition that occurs after a race condition and a NULL pointer dereference.
EPSS 0.39% · 32.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
6.300000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.39%
32.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.15 | *, 5.15.0-1071.80~20.04.1.1, 5.15.0-1072.81~20.04.1.1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.11 | *, 0, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.4.0-34.38, 5.4.0-33.37, 5.4.0-31.35 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 6.8.1-1015.16, 0 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux-lts-xenial | *, *, * |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | 5.13.0-1007.7+22.04.1, 0, 5.15.0-1008.8 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | 6.8.0-2019.20, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.4.0-1056.60, 5.4.0-1032.33, 5.4.0-1043.44 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.4.0-1056.59, 5.4.0-1061.64, 5.4.0-1063.66 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.11 | *, 0, 6.11.0-25.25~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 4.4.0-1016.22, 4.4.0-1017.23, 4.4.0-1019.25 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1032.36, 4.4.0-1030.33, 4.4.0-1026.29 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | 5.15.0-1073.75, 0 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.4.0-1098.104+cvm1.1, 0, 5.4.0-1064.67+cvm1.1 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | 0, 5.15.0-1032.35 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | *, *, 6.11.0-1016.17~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | linux | 3.13.0-129.178, 3.13.0-103.150, 3.13.0-109.156 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.11 | 6.11.0-1008.8~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.11.0-1013.13~24.04.1 |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | linux-raspi2 | 5.3.0-1007.8, 5.3.0-1017.19, 5.3.0-1015.17 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux | 4.4.0-15.31, 4.4.0-22.39, 4.4.0-22.40 |
…and 1 more
Timeline
- Nov 15, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Aug 24, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 28, 2021 EPSS Score
- Mar 1, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 2, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 8, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 9, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15102 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/2fae9e5a7babada041e2e161699ade2447a01989 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15102 third-party-advisory