CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-17052
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-29
- 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 mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the ->exe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.7 < 4.9.46)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.12.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102009 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10 Issue Tracking
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102009 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a Patch
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10 Issue Tracking