Use after free in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-18218

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11305

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-18218

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux

Update to version 4.13.

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b...

• Denial of service in Linux Kernel
• Debian update for linux