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CVE-2017-5546 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.04% · 10.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.04%
10.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtime0, 5.15.0-1073.75
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlinux-hwe4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1, 4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1, 4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.15.0-1005.5, 0, 5.13.0-1004.4
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-azure4.15.0-1009.9, 4.15.0-1013.13, 4.15.0-1014.14
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtime6.8.0-2019.20, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.4.0-1089.94+cvm1.2, 5.4.0-1085.90+cvm2.1, 5.4.0-1063.66+cvm3.2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-raspi25.3.0-1017.19, 5.3.0-1015.17, 5.3.0-1014.16
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-hwe5.3.0-67.61, 0, 4.18.0-13.14~18.04.1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtime0, 5.15.0-1032.35
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-riscv5.4.0-26.30, 5.4.0-27.31, 5.4.0-28.32
Ubuntu:18.04:LTSlinux-gcp4.15.0-1030.32, 4.15.0-1029.31, 4.15.0-1028.29
Ubuntu:20.04:LTSlinux-gke5.4.0-1103.110, 0, 5.4.0-1033.35

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