Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-5546
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 24.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
Products affected by CVE-2017-5546
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.7.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.10
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.11
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.12
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.13
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.15
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.16
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.17
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.8
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4