CVE-2017-8071

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CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p33

Published

Apr 23, 2017 (Apr 23, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-404
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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