CVE-2017-15265
Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted
02 Description
Race condition in the ALSA subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-10-16 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 19:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f5870c61649b183f9dff3607b7f9805427495ffd4efd17cd040ae2c6544f9f09
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20171011 Linux kernel: alsa: use-after-free in /dev/snd/seq CVE-2017-15265http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/10/11/3
- www.securityfocus.com101288http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101288
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171210 [SECURITY] [DLA 1200-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2390https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390
- www.securitytracker.com1039561http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039561
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1062https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3823https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3823
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:0676https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- mailman.alsa-project.org[alsa-devel] 20171011 [PATCH] ALSA: seq: Fix use-after-free at creating a porthttp://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2017-October/126292.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1170https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1170
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3698-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:1130https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1130
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:3822https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3822
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3698-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- help.ecostruxureit.comhttps://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
- github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026
- git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=71105998845fb012937332fe2e806d443c09e026
- www.kernel.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.8
- bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062520
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-02-01
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- linux Fixed in 4.13.8-1
- linux-hardened Fixed in 4.13.8.a-1
- linux-lts Fixed in 4.9.57-1
- linux-zen Fixed in 4.13.8-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- linux Fixed in 4.13.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- linux Fixed in 4.13.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- linux Fixed in 4.13.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 3.13.0-153.203
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1003.3
- linux-lts-xenial Fixed in 4.4.0-101.124~14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- linux Fixed in 4.4.0-101.124
- linux-aws Fixed in 4.4.0-1041.50
- linux-azure Fixed in 4.13.0-1005.7
- linux-gcp Fixed in 4.13.0-1002.5
- linux-gke Fixed in 4.4.0-1034.34
- linux-hwe Fixed in 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
- linux-kvm Fixed in 4.4.0-1010.15
- linux-raspi2 Fixed in 4.4.0-1077.85
- linux-snapdragon Fixed in 4.4.0-1079.84
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde No fix yet
- linux-gke No fix yet
- linux-raspi2 No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- linux-intel-iot-realtime No fix yet
- linux-realtime No fix yet
- linux-riscv No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- linux-azure-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-gcp-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 No fix yet
- linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- linux-azure-fde-5.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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