kernel: USB: core: Make do_proc_control() and do_proc_bulk() killable

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: core: Make doproccontrol and doprocbulk killable The USBDEVFSCONTROL and USBDEVFSBULK ioctls invoke usbstartwaiturb, which contains an uninterruptible wait with a user-specified timeout value. If timeout value is very large...

PT-2016-5973 · Linux +3 · Linux Kernel +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.7 Description: The issue concerns the proc connectinfo function in the Linux kernel, which fails to initialize a certain data structure. This allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stac...