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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-14647 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3361-1 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:04:15.320Z

Reserved: 2017-01-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5546

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-02-06T06:59:00.480

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5546

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-01-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-5546 - Bugzilla

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