CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-6874

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A race condition in the Linux kernel up to version 4.10.2 in kernel/ucount.c 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.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may experience system crashes and potential security issues that could lead to unauthorized access or data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 4.10.3 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS