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Bug 1445331 - (CVE-2017-8071) CVE-2017-8071 kernel: hid-cp2112.c uses a spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID request callback
CVE-2017-8071 kernel: hid-cp2112.c uses a spinlock without considering that s...
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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impact=moderate,public=20170130,repor...
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Reported: 2017-04-25 09:45 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2017-04-25 09:59 EDT (History)
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-04-25 09:45:48 EDT
drivers/hid/hid-cp2112.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.9 uses a
spinlock without considering that sleeping is possible in a USB HID
request callback, which allows local users to cause a denial of
service (deadlock) via unspecified vectors.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654

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