SB2017070622 - Denial of service in Linux Kernel
Published: July 6, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017070622
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Use after free (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18218)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists in the drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c source code due to use-after-free. A local attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.