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CVE-2017-15649
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-19T22:29:00.433 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:08:03.240

Summary

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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