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CVE-2017-15126
HIGH · CVSS 8.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-01-14T06:29:00.217 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:07:17.680

Summary

A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6. The issue is related to the handling of fork failure when dealing with event messages. Failure to fork correctly can lead to a situation where a fork event will be removed from an already freed list of events with userfaultfd_ctx_put().

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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