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://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/657831ffc38e30092a2d5f03d385d710eb88b09a

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=657831ffc38e30092a2d5f03d385d710eb88b09a

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98562

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

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-05-10

Updated: 2023-02-24

Type: CWE-415

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Impact Score: 5.9

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: HIGH