http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038981 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: --- Ref: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8925 =================================================== 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. =================================================== Hyperlink [1] http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30... [2] https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606... [3] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.