CVE-2017-5547

kernel: DMA buffers on stack

Published Feb 6, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14648 drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 3:04 PM
Reserved
Jan 20, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 6, 2017, 6:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:20 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 13, 2017, 12:00 AM