# CVE-2018-16276: An issue was discovered in yurex\_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-08-31 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in yurex_read in drivers/usb/misc/yurex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.17.7. Local attackers could use user access read/writes with incorrect bounds checking in the yurex USB driver to crash the kernel or potentially escalate privileges.

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## References

- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-1/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-1/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106095
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f1e255d60ae66a9f672ff9a207ee6cd8e33d2679
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3849-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3847-3/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115593
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.17.7

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