UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18174
Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Upstream
Downstream
Published: 11 Feb 2018, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 11:21
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100 CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
11 Feb 2018, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 11:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
In the Linux kernel before 4.7, the amd_gpio_remove function in drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c calls the pinctrl_unregister function, leading to a double free.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Systems
- ubuntu•linux
< 4.4.0-141.167
- ubuntu•linux-aws
< 4.4.0-1037.40 | < 4.4.0-1074.84
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
< 4.4.0-1008.10
- ubuntu•linux-gke
all
- ubuntu•linux-intel-iot-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-kvm
< 4.4.0-1039.45
- ubuntu•linux-lts-xenial
< 4.4.0-141.167~14.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-raspi-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-raspi2
< 4.4.0-1102.110 | all
- ubuntu•linux-realtime
all
- ubuntu•linux-riscv
all | all
- ubuntu•linux-snapdragon
< 4.4.0-1106.111
References (8)
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18174
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=251e22abde21833b3d29577e4d8c7aaccd650eee
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dca4a41f1ad65043a78c2338d9725f859c8d2c3
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/251e22abde21833b3d29577e4d8c7aaccd650eee
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dca4a41f1ad65043a78c2338d9725f859c8d2c3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18174