CVE-2017-7374

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.8 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-03-31

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-416, CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97308
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01
• https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7