7.8
CVSSv3

CVE-2017-15649

Published: 19/10/2017 Updated: 24/08/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 465
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel prior to 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.

Vulnerability Trend

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Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVS ...
Synopsis Important: kernel-rt security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel-rt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (C ...
Synopsis Important: kernel security and bug fix update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Important Topic An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) b ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

Exploits

## Vulnerabilities summary The following advisory describes a use-after-free vulnerability found in Linux Kernel’s implementation of AF_PACKET that can lead to privilege escalation AF_PACKET sockets “allow users to send or receive packets on the device driver level This for example lets them to implement their own protocol on top of the phys ...