CVE-2017-15649

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of…

published October 19, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
61.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00962 · 61.0th percentile
Published
2017-10-19T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 22:00Z
    net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of…
    cvelistv5