VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-18595
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.35%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.14.11. A double free may be caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the file kernel/trace/trace.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-415
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.11Mailing List
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4397f04575c44e1440ec2e49b6302785c95fd2f8Mailing List, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.11Mailing List
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4397f04575c44e1440ec2e49b6302785c95fd2f8Mailing List, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.