vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-9059): linux-hwe vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 18, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 18, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Sep 1, 2025
Description
The NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by leveraging improper channel callback shutdown when unmounting an NFSv4 filesystem, aka a "module reference and kernel daemon" leak.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-azureubuntu-upgrade-linux-gcpubuntu-upgrade-linux-hweubuntu-upgrade-linux-hwe-edge
References
- CVE-2017-9059
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-9059
- CWE-404
- URL-http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c70422f760c120480fee4de6c38804c72aa26bc1
- URL-https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451386
- URL-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c70422f760c120480fee4de6c38804c72aa26bc1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9059
- URL-https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-nfs/msg63334.html
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