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CVE ID: CVE-2017-15102

Description: 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.

Test IDs: None available

Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15102
BugTraq ID: 101790
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101790
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/

CVE ID:	CVE-2017-15102
Description:	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.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-15102 BugTraq ID: 101790 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101790 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/