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CVE-2017-6346

high

Description

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96508

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/28/6

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d199fab63c11998a602205f7ee7ff7c05c97164b

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-15407

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.13

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d199fab63c11998a602205f7ee7ff7c05c97164b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-01

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00054