CVE-2017-15649
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2017-09-20 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows localusers 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.
See more information about CVE-2017-15649 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.6 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3651 | 2017-12-07 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel) | ELSA-2018-0151 | 2018-01-25 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2017-3651 | 2017-12-07 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2017-0172 | 2017-12-07 |
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