Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6874 - Use After Free vulnerability in Linux Kernel

047910
CVSS 7.0 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
high complexity
linux
CWE-416
nessus

Summary

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.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyPhotonOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idPHOTONOS_PHSA-2017-0008.NASL
    descriptionAn update of [xcerces-c,linux] packages for PhotonOS has been released.
    last seen2019-02-21
    modified2019-02-07
    plugin id111857
    published2018-08-17
    reporterTenable
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/index.php?view=single&id=111857
    titlePhoton OS 1.0: Linux PHSA-2017-0008 (deprecated)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-15FBAF2450.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.9.17 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.16 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.15 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree ---- The 4.9.14 update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-03-30
    plugin id99051
    published2017-03-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99051
    titleFedora 24 : kernel (2017-15fbaf2450)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1521.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the kernel packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The NFSv2 and NFSv3 server implementations in the Linux kernel through 4.10.13 lacked certain checks for the end of a buffer. A remote attacker could trigger a pointer-arithmetic error or possibly cause other unspecified impacts using crafted requests related to fs/nfsd/nfs3xdr.c and fs/nfsd/nfsxdr.c.(CVE-2017-7895i1/4%0 - A flaw was found in the Linux kernel
    last seen2020-03-19
    modified2019-05-14
    plugin id124974
    published2019-05-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124974
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1521)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-90AAA5BD24.NASL
    descriptionThe 4.10.5 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. ---- The 4.10.4 stable kernel update contains a number of important fixes across the tree. It also reverts CONFIG_CFG80211_CRDA_SUPPORT to match the previous 4.9 kernels. ---- The 4.10.3 kernel rebase contains a number of new features, important fixes, and additional hardware support. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-03-28
    plugin id99010
    published2017-03-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99010
    titleFedora 25 : kernel (2017-90aaa5bd24)