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FKIE_CVE-2017-15126

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-01-14 06:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:07
Summary
A use-after-free flaw was found in fs/userfaultfd.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6. The issue is related to the handling of fork failure when dealing with event messages. Failure to fork correctly can lead to a situation where a fork event will be removed from an already freed list of events with userfaultfd_ctx_put().
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102516Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15126Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1523481Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102516Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15126Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1523481Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/384632e67e0829deb8015ee6ad916b180049d252Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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