Double Free Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.11)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005041
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-7480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-415  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.11 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Double Free. The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1