CVE-2017-8071: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 4.9 only; version 4.9.1 only; version 4.9.2 only; version 4.9.3 only; version 4.9.4 only; version 4.9.5 only; …

Published 2017-04-23. Last modified 2026-06-17.