Detections
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CVE-2017-7487
high
Description
The ipxitf_ioctl function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface.
References
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039237