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CVE-2017-6346
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service…
High7.0EPSS 0.30%
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- mitre
Description
Race condition in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a multithreaded application that makes PACKET_FANOUT setsockopt system calls.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 78% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (7)
- 96508 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d199fab63c11998a602205f7ee7ff7c05c97164b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170228 Linux: packet: fix races in fanout_add() (CVE-2017-6346) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3804 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d199fab63c11998a602205f7ee7ff7c05c97164b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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