CVE-2017-5546
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | 4.9.5 |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 4.9.6-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 4.9.6-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 4.9.6-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 4.9.6-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 4.9.6-1 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-5546
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.