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Status: WontFix
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Closed: Nov 2017
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chromeos-kernel-security-bug-access@google.com
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OS: Chrome
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Type: Bug-Security



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CVE-2017-16537 CrOS: Vulnerability reported in Linux kernel

Project Member Reported by vomit.go...@appspot.gserviceaccount.com, Nov 17 2017 
VOMIT (go/vomit) has received an external vulnerability report for the Linux kernel. 

Advisory: CVE-2017-16537
  Details: http://vomit.googleplex.com/advisory?id=CVE/CVE-2017-16537
  CVSS severity score: 7.2/10.0
  Description:

The imon_probe function in drivers/media/rc/imon.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.



This bug was filed by http://go/vomit
Please contact us at vomit-team@google.com if you need any assistance.

Comment 1 by groeck@chromium.org, Nov 17 2017

Status: WontFix (was: Untriaged)
Affected driver only enabled in beaglebone configuration. Will pick up fix into chromeos-4.4 with stable release merge if/when applied. WontFix for older kernels. Also see  crbug.com/782594 .
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