CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-11176

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-07-11 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-07-11
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-416

Description

The mq_notify function in the Linux kernel through 4.11.9 does not set the sock pointer to NULL upon entry into the retry logic. During a user-space close of a Netlink socket, it allows attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.92) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.16.47) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.61) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.43) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.77) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.38) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.11.11) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.12 < 4.12.2) • debian debian linux 8.0 • debian debian linux 9.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References