CVE-2017-5546

The 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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-02-06

Last modified

2024-08-05

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f