CVE-2017-15129

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15129
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-09 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:28:00 UTC
DescriptionA use-after-free vulnerability was found in network namespaces code affecting the Linux kernel before 4.14.11. The function get_net_ns_by_id() in net/core/net_namespace.c does not check for the net::count value after it has found a peer network in netns_ids idr, which could lead to double free and memory corruption. This vulnerability could allow an unprivileged local user to induce kernel memory corruption on the system, leading to a crash. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out, although it is thought to be unlikely.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-15129 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH] net: Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id()' - MARC MISC marc.info Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH] net: Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id()' thread - MARC MISC marc.info Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.11 MISC www.kernel.org Vendor Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-15129 Local Use After Free Memory Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-3619-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
1531174 – (CVE-2017-15129) CVE-2017-15129 kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3617-2: Linux (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
net: Fix double free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() · torvalds/linux@21b5944 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3619-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3617-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
oss-sec: CVE-2017-15129: Linux kernel: net: double-free and memory corruption in get_net_ns_by_id() MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3617-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3632-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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