Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-7374. PoCs published by ww9210.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits CVE-2017-7374, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem encryption implementation. It demonstrates how to trigger a race condition by manipulating encryption keys, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) or privilege escalation.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits CVE-2017-7374, a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem encryption implementation. It demonstrates how to trigger a race condition by manipulating encryption keys, potentially leading to a denial-of-service (DoS) or privilege escalation.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H