CVE-2017-6346

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-6346
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-01 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-06-21 15:56:00 UTC
DescriptionRace condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362 | CWE-416

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
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.13 CONFIRM www.kernel.org Patch, Release Notes
Android Security Bulletin—September 2017  |  Android Open Source Project CONFIRM source.android.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3804-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch
oss-security - Linux: packet: fix races in fanout_add() (CVE-2017-6346) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Linux kernel CVE-2017-6346 Use After Free Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
packet: fix races in fanout_add() · torvalds/linux@d199fab · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
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