CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-6353
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-03-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-415
Description
net/sctp/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.1 does not properly restrict association peel-off operations during certain wait states, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (invalid unlock and double free) via a multithreaded application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2017-5986.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-415 Double Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96473 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/27/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96473 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/dfcb9f4f99f1e9a49e43398a7bfbf56927544af1 Patch, Third Party Advisory