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CVE-2017-5546 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 CVEIssue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 CVEMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 4.7, < 4.9.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5546
NVD Published Date:
Feb 6, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-5546 Details - Not Deferred