CVE-2017-16528: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

sound/core/seq_device.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (snd_rawmidi_dev_seq_free use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.19, before 4.1.47 (fixed in 4.1.47); from 4.2, before 4.4.99 (fixed in 4.4.99); from 4.5, before 4.9.63 (fixed in 4.9.63); from 4.10, before 4.13.4 (fixed in 4.13.4)

Published 2017-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.