CVE-2017-15265

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 3.2.95 - Race Condition

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (22)

Core 22
Core References
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/3
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101288
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039561
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3823
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2017-October/126292.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1170
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3822
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062520
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 28.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-362 CWE-416
Status published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel < 3.2.95
Published Oct 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026