PT-2017-14685 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2017-08-30 · Updated 2023-01-19 · CVE-2017-17052

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.10

Description A local attacker can achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program due to the mm init function in kernel/fork.c not clearing the ->exe file member of a new process's mm struct.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.12.10, update to version 4.12.10 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2130

ALT-PU-2017-2131

CVE-2017-17052

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 12

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2018-4062.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17052 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17052 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17052 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/102009 · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10 · Note