01 Record

CVE-2017-5548

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 37.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-02-06 06:04Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 15:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2017-01-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0a0cfd90a4fe0cb5449b24dcc5866ba423bb6b1030bd2d75749545f494176ab3

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

linuxlinux_kernelNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_mrgNot specified—

06 References

www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170120 Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernelhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.6x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com95710http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95710vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416110x_refsource_CONFIRM
git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655x_refsource_CONFIRM
github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/05a974efa4bdf6e2a150e3f27dc6fcf0a9ad5655x_refsource_CONFIRM

01 Record index

CVE-2017-5548

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References

02 Records

CVE-2017-5548

02 Description

03 Exploitation and scoring

04 Metadata

05 Affected products

06 References