The inet_csk_clone_lock function in net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.15 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of the accept system call.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:48:22.695Z

Reserved: 2017-05-10T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-8890

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-10T16:29:00.197

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

Link: CVE-2017-8890

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-8890 - Bugzilla

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