CVE-2017-15265
high
CVSS v3
7.0
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.0
Description
Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted /dev/snd/seq ioctl calls, related to sound/core/seq/seq_clientmgr.c and sound/core/seq/seq_ports.c.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
69%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | fixed | 4.13.8.a-1 | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.13.4-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.13.4-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.13.4-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.13.4-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.13.4-2 |
| linux-kernel | affected | 3.2.95 |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026
- http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2017-October/126292.html
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039561
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3822
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3823
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062520
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15265.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15265
CWEs
CWE-362 CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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