CVE-2017-16913 Denial of service in Linux Kernel

What is CVE-2017-16913?

CVE-2017-16913 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 31 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The "stub_recv_cmd_submit()" function (drivers/usb/usbip/stub_rx.c) in the Linux Kernel before version 4.14.8, 4.9.71, and 4.4.114 when handling CMD_SUBMIT packets allows attackers to cause a denial of service (arbitrary memory allocation) via a specially crafted USB over IP packet.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16913?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-16913?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2017-16913 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16913, GHSA-7664-52jg-xm5v, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16913.