CVE-2017-7374

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    CVE-2017-7374

    Published: 31 Mar 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Use-after-free vulnerability in fs/crypto/ in the Linux kernel before 4.10.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly gain privileges by revoking keyring keys being used for ext4, f2fs, or ubifs encryption, causing cryptographic transform objects to be freed prematurely.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97308, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-10-01, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.7, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1b53cf9815bb4744958d41f3795d5d5a1d365e2d

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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