Description
Race condition in kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls that leverage certain decrement behavior that causes incorrect interaction between put_ucounts and get_ucounts.
Published: 2017-03-14
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-15928 Race condition in kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls that leverage certain decrement behavior that causes incorrect interaction between put_ucounts and get_ucounts.
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Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:41:17.699Z

Reserved: 2017-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-6874

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-14T09:59:00.393

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-6874

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-03-06T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-6874 - Bugzilla

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