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CVE-2017-18595

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Date: September 4, 2019

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11. A double free may be caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the file kernel/trace/trace.c.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.11

Url: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4397f04575c44e1440ec2e49b6302785c95fd2f8

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-18595

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18595

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18595

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-18595

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Double Free

CWE-415

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version 4.14.11

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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