CVE-2017-5546

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Linux Kernel

First reported 8 years ago

2017-02-06 06:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 4.8

4.8

Linux Kernel 4.8.1

4.8.1

Linux Kernel 4.8.2

4.8.2

Linux Kernel 4.8.3

4.8.3

Linux Kernel 4.8.4

4.8.4

Linux Kernel 4.8.5

4.8.5

Linux Kernel 4.8.6

4.8.6

Linux Kernel 4.8.7

4.8.7

Linux Kernel 4.8.8

4.8.8

Linux Kernel 4.8.9

4.8.9

Linux Kernel 4.8.10

4.8.10

Linux Kernel 4.8.11

4.8.11

Linux Kernel 4.8.12

4.8.12

Linux Kernel 4.8.13

4.8.13

Linux Kernel 4.8.14

4.8.14

Linux Kernel 4.8.15

4.8.15

Linux Kernel 4.8.16

4.8.16

Linux Kernel 4.8.17

4.8.17

Linux Kernel 4.9

4.9

Linux Kernel 4.9.1

4.9.1

Linux Kernel 4.9.2

4.9.2

Linux Kernel 4.9.3

4.9.3

Linux Kernel 4.9.4

4.9.4

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