CVE-2017-15649

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-10-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.

Affected products

Linux kernel: through 4.13.5

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=008ba2a13f2d04c947adc536d19debb8fe66f110
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4971613c1639d8e5f102c4e797c3bf8f83a5a69e
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/813945/
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/818726/
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101573
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3484
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/008ba2a13f2d04c947adc536d19debb8fe66f110
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4971613c1639d8e5f102c4e797c3bf8f83a5a69e

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