7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-5546
Linux Kernel MM Slab Denial of Service and Crash Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 6, 2017, 6:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:27 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-5546 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-5546 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-5546.

URL Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-5546 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-5546 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 28, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.7 up to (excluding) 4.9.5
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-189 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f No Types Assigned https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f No Types Assigned http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733 Issue Tracking, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 No Types Assigned http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-189
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-5546 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-5546 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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