{"id":"CVE-2017-5546","details":"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.","modified":"2026-03-15T14:25:18.985947Z","published":"2017-02-06T06:59:00.480Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95711"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.5"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1415733"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4e490cf148e85ead0d1b1c2caaba833f1d5b29f"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/3"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5546.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"4.7"},{"fixed":"4.9.5"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}