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CVE-2017-5546 Detail

Description

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 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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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 CVE, MITRE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f CVE, MITRE Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-5546
NVD Published Date:
02/06/2017
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
MITRE