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prionPRIOn knowledge basePRION:CVE-2017-15102
HistoryNov 15, 2017 - 9:29 p.m.

Race condition

2017-11-1521:29:00
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6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

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.

6.1 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%