CVE-2017-5546

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5546
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-06 06:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-28 15:45:00 UTC
DescriptionThe freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.10 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.11 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.12 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.13 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.14 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.16 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.17 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.4 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.5 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.6 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.7 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.8 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.8.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.1 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.2 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.3 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.9.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bug 1415733 – CVE-2017-5546 kernel: SLAB freelist randomization produces duplicate entries CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
mm/slab.c: fix SLAB freelist randomization duplicate entries · torvalds/linux@c4e490c · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE REQUEST: linux kernel: process with pgid zero able to crash kernel MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-5546 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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