CVE-2017-16538: Linux Kernel

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

drivers/media/usb/dvb-usb-v2/lmedm04.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (general protection fault and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted USB device, related to a missing warm-start check and incorrect attach timing (dm04_lme2510_frontend_attach versus dm04_lme2510_tuner).

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: up to and including 4.13.11

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