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CVE-2017-9059
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-05-18T06:29:00.700 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:27:24.820

Summary

The NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by leveraging improper channel callback shutdown when unmounting an NFSv4 filesystem, aka a "module reference and kernel daemon" leak.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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