CVE-2017-17052

The mminit function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the ->exefile member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17052.json"

unresolved_ranges

[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.7"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.9.46"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.10"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.12.10"
            }
        ]
    }
]