CVE-2017-15649

CVE Details

Release Date:

2017-09-20

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

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.6	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	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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