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CVE-2017-7374

HIGH

7.8

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published3/31/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

linux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-416CWE-476

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97308(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d(cve@mitre.org)

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7(cve@mitre.org)

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97308(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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