{"id":"CVE-2017-8071","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T21:54:21.563031Z","published":"2017-04-23T05:59:00.597Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97991"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7a7b5df84b6b4e5d599c7289526eed96541a0654"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.1"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.2"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.3"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.4"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.5"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.6"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.9.8"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-8071.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}