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CVE-2017-7487

Published: May 14, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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Description

The ipxitf_ioctl function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Linux kernel through 4.11.1	affected `Linux kernel through 4.11.1`

References

vdb-entry

x_refsource_SECTRACK

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ee0d8d8482345ff97a75a7d747efc309f13b0d80

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/757549/

x_refsource_CONFIRM

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ee0d8d8482345ff97a75a7d747efc309f13b0d80

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1447734

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