CVE-2017-17052

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the ->exe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3aIssue Tracking, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102009Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3aPatch
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10Issue Tracking
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3aIssue Tracking, Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102009Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3aPatch
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Nov 29, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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