CVE-2017-17053 (GCVE-0-2017-17053)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-29 03:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:43
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The init_new_context function in arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not correctly handle errors from LDT table allocation when forking a new process, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program. This vulnerability only affected kernels built with CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL=y.
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