Published: 06/02/2017 Updated: 28/02/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8

VMScore: 641

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x prior to 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.

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Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slabc in the Linux kernel 48x and 49x before 495 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number ...

NVD-CWE-noinfo https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3361-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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