Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-7618
Published: August 2, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7665
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7618
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an API operation calling its own callback flaw in crypto/ahash.c. A local attacker can trigger EBUSY on a full queue and cause an infinite recursion on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
The weakness exists due to an API operation calling its own callback flaw in crypto/ahash.c. A local attacker can trigger EBUSY on a full queue and cause an infinite recursion on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-7618
Update to version 4.10.10 or later.