Ref: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8925
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Description

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel
before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion)
by leveraging reference count mishandling.
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Hyperlink

[1]
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8

[2]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8

[3] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4

Bug ID	1038981
Summary	VUL-0: CVE-2017-8925: kernel-source: denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling
Classification	openSUSE
Product	openSUSE Distribution
Version	Leap 42.2
Hardware	Other
OS	Other
Status	NEW
Severity	Normal
Priority	P5 - None
Component	Security
Assignee	security-team@suse.de
Reporter	mikhail.kasimov@gmail.com
QA Contact	qa-bugs@suse.de
Found By	---
Blocker	---