# CVE-2017-15649: net/packet/af\_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishand

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-10-19 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-6346.

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## References

- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=008ba2a13f2d04c947adc536d19debb8fe66f110
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3484
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101573
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0181
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/813945/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0152
- http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/818726/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0151
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4971613c1639d8e5f102c4e797c3bf8f83a5a69e
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4971613c1639d8e5f102c4e797c3bf8f83a5a69e
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/008ba2a13f2d04c947adc536d19debb8fe66f110
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44053

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