CVE-2017-15649
HIGH 7.8EPSS 1.0%
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.
- CVSS v3.0 NVD
- 7.8 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 0.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 61st percentile
- Published
- 2017-10-19
- Updated
- 2024-08-05
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=008ba2a13f2d04c…
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4971613c1639d8e…
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/813945
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/818726
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101573
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3484
- torvalds/linux/commit/008ba2a13f2d04c947adc536d19debb8fe66f110
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1