The ipxitf_ioctl function in net/ipx/af_ipx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles reference counts, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a failed SIOCGIFADDR ioctl call for an IPX interface.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-05-14T22:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.583Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7487

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2017-05-14T22:29:00.163

Modified: 2023-02-14T21:37:47.413

Link: CVE-2017-7487

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7487 - Bugzilla