# CVE-2017-8061: drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG\_VMAP\_S

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-04-23 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb/dvb-usb-firmware.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.7 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

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## References

- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/67b0503db9c29b04eadfeede6bebbfe5ddad94ef
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97972
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=67b0503db9c29b04eadfeede6bebbfe5ddad94ef

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