CVE-2017-15126CWE-119

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6

published January 14, 2018

CVSS
—
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6. The issue is related to the handling of fork failure when dealing with event messages. Failure to fork correctly can lead to a situation where a fork event will be removed from an already freed list of events with userfaultfd_ctx_put().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04075 · 90.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Published
2018-01-14T06:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 JAN 06:00Z
    A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6
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