Security Advisory
CVE-2017-5546
7.8
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
February 6, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory