What is CVE-2017-8925?

CVE-2017-8925 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2017-8925 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-8925?

CVE-2017-8925 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-8925?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-8925. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-8925 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-8925 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-8925

Medium

The omninet_open function in drivers/usb/serial/omninet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (tty exhaustion) by leveraging reference count mishandling.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-05-12

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-404

CVE-2017-8925 is classified as CWE-404

See CWE-404 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-8925 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

Third Party Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.4

Release Notes Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98462

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/30572418b445d85fcfe6c8fe84c947d2606767d8
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-8925

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-05-12

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8925?

CVE-2017-8925 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2017-8925 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-8925?

CVE-2017-8925 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-8925?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-8925. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-8925 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-8925 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.