CVE-2017-5546

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5546
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5546.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-5546
Downstream
Published
2017-02-06T06:59:00.480Z
Modified
2026-03-15T14:25:18.985947Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "4.7"
            },
            {
                "fixed": "4.9.5"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5546.json"