CVE-2017-6348

Severity

49%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

115%

The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 improperly manages lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-03-01 20:59:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4c03b862b12f980456f9de92db6d508a4999b788

Patch

DSA-3804

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.13

Patch, Release Notes

[oss-security] 20170228 Linux: irda: Fix lockdep annotations in hashbin_delete() (CVE-2017-6348)

Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

96483

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c03b862b12f980456f9de92db6d508a4999b788

Patch

USN-3754-1

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