CVE-2017-15649

net/packet/af_packet.c en versiones anteriores a la 4.13.6 del kernel de Linux permite que usuarios locales obtengan privilegios mediante llamadas manipuladas al sistema que dan lugar a una gestión incorrecta de las estructuras de datos packet_fanout. Esto se debe a una condición de carrera (que afecta a fanout_add y packet_do_bind) que da lugar a un uso de memoria previamente liberada. Esta vulnerabilidad es diferente de CVE-2017-6346.

It was found that fanout_add() in 'net/packet/af_packet.c' in the Linux kernel, before version 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 bug.

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fix: An industry-wide issue was found in the way many modern microprocessor designs have implemented speculative execution of instructions. There are three primary variants of the issue which differ in the way the speculative execution can be exploited. Note: This issue is present in hardware and cannot be fully fixed via software update. The updated kernel packages provide software mitigation for this hardware issue at a cost of potential performance penalty. Please refer to References section for further information about this issue and the performance impact.