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CVE-2017-15126
CVE-2017-15126
PUBLISHED
A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6. The issue is related to the handling of fork failure when dealing with event messages. Failure to fork correctly can lead to a situation where a fork event will be removed from an already freed list of events with userfaultfd_ctx_put().
EPSS 1.15% · 78.8th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
1.15%
78.8th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | linux-azure | 0, 4.11.0-1016.16, 4.11.0-1011.11 |
Exploit Intelligence
- 102516 (circl)
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1523481 (circl)
- RHSA-2018:1062 (circl)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252 (circl)
- RHSA-2018:0676 (circl)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6 (circl)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15126 (circl)
Timeline
- Jan 14, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15126 third-party-advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15126 third-party-advisory