The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (duplicate freelist entries and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging the selection of a large value for a random number.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-02-06T06:04:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.320Z
Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-5546
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.480
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:27:51.813
Link: CVE-2017-5546
Redhat