CVE-2017-8890

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    CVE-2017-8890

    Published: 10 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the accept system call.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98562, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/657831ffc38e30092a2d5f03d385d710eb88b09a, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=657831ffc38e30092a2d5f03d385d710eb88b09a

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    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    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
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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