CVE-2017-6874

7.0 HIGH
Published: March 14, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026
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Description

Race condition in kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls that leverage certain decrement behavior that causes incorrect interaction between put_ucounts and get_ucounts.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96856
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96856
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

6 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.0 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.3%
18th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-362 CWE-416

Affected Vendors

linux

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