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CVE-2017-7374
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-31T20:59:00.167 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:24:13.140

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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