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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.6

CVE-2017-16525 json

The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a…

published 2017-11-04 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-7718

cvss
6.6
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The usb_serial_console_disconnect function in drivers/usb/serial/console.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to disconnection and failed setup.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.2.96, 3.10.108, 3.16.51, 3.18.76, 4.1.46, 4.4.93, 4.9.57, 4.13.8
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.13.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16525

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-142.191
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-101.124
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1003.3
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1041.50
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1034.34
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1010.15

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16525

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP3-BCL 4.4.180-94.167.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP3-BCL 4.4.180-94.167.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP3-BCL 4.4.180-94.167.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.178.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.178.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP2-BCL 4.4.121-92.178.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.14.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.14.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2478-1SUSE-SU-2022:2379-1SUSE-SU-2018:0180-1SUSE-SU-2018:0040-1SUSE-SU-2017:3265-1SUSE-SU-2017:3249-1

  • linux Arch Linux 4.14-1

arch linux advisories AVG-483

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-16525 updated cvss 4.6

kernel: Use-after-free in usb_serial_console_disconnect()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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Sources

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