UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18174

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18174

    Published: 11 Feb 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18174

    Summary:

    Details: In the Linux kernel before 4.7, the amd_gpio_remove function in drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c calls the pinctrl_unregister function, leading to a double free.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18174, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=251e22abde21833b3d29577e4d8c7aaccd650eee, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8dca4a41f1ad65043a78c2338d9725f859c8d2c3, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/251e22abde21833b3d29577e4d8c7aaccd650eee, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8dca4a41f1ad65043a78c2338d9725f859c8d2c3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18174

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1037.40

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12
    4.4.0-1014.14
    4.4.0-1016.16
    4.4.0-1017.17
    4.4.0-1019.19
    4.4.0-1022.22
    4.4.0-1023.23
    4.4.0-1024.25
    4.4.0-1025.26
    4.4.0-1027.30
    4.4.0-1028.31
    4.4.0-1029.32
    4.4.0-1031.34
    4.4.0-1032.35
    4.4.0-1034.37
    4.4.0-1036.39

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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