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CVE-2017-8071

by Fred · 23/04/2017

drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

Date published : 2017-04-23

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97991

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9

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