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CVE-2017-7374 Details

Description

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.

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=1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7 CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97308 CVEThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-416Use After Free[email protected]
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 4.2, < 4.4.59
>= 4.5, < 4.9.20
>= 4.10, < 4.10.7

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-7374
NVD Published Date:
Mar 31, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-7374 Details - Not Deferred