{"action":"Upgrade linux to 4.9.16-1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"4.9.16-1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"linux","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["4.9.16-1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCQ8ZF77BZRS92GWSWRRZ4","modified_at":"2026-09-01T20:03:51.247141798Z","published_at":"2017-05-12T21:29:00.237Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8925","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8925"],"severity":{"label":"medium","score":5.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8925","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8925"}],"summary":"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."}