CVE-2017-6346

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 15
Modified
Published: 01 Mar 2017, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 15:25

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Mar 2017, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 15:25
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Race 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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06% Percentile: 18%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

    The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

  • CWE-416Use After Free

    The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Systems

  • linuxlinux_kernel

    ≥ 3.1, < 3.2.87 | ≥ 3.3, < 3.10.106 | ≥ 3.11, < 3.12.71 | ≥ 3.13, < 3.16.42 | ≥ 3.17, < 4.1.49 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.52 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.13

References (7)