CWE Code: 362
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 4.6
CWE Name:  Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Summary: net/packet/af_packet.c in the linux kernel before 4.13.6 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted system calls that trigger mishandling of packet_fanout data structures, because of a race condition (involving fanout_add and packet_do_bind) that leads to a use-after-free, a different vulnerability than cve-2017-6346.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2017-10-19
Last Modified Date: 2018-08-24