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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-6346): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 1, 2017
Added
Jul 1, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls.

Solutions

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References

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