CVE-2017-16529: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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

The snd_usb_create_streams function in sound/usb/card.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.2.95 (fixed in 3.2.95); from 3.3, before 3.16.50 (fixed in 3.16.50); from 3.17, before 3.18.75 (fixed in 3.18.75); from 3.19, before 4.1.46 (fixed in 4.1.46); from 4.2, before 4.4.92 (fixed in 4.4.92); from 4.5, before 4.9.55 (fixed in 4.9.55); …

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