CVE-2017-15126
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 14, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 8, 2017
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6. The issue is related to the handling of fork failure when dealing with event messages. Failure to fork correctly can lead to a situation where a fork event will be removed from an already freed list of events with userfaultfd_ctx_put().
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Linux Kernel before 4.13.6n/a |
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References
- 102516vdb-entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1523481
- RHSA-2018:1062vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252
- RHSA-2018:0676vendor-advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15126
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