Detections
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CVE-2017-8890
high
Description
The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the accept system call.
References
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/657831ffc38e30092a2d5f03d385d710eb88b09a
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98562