CVE-2017-2636

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

1.02% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 63.5% 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

Important. 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.

Published

2017-03-07 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 14:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-12-01

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

a7ab9ee747f66e6d7bb49663b6980a251d042a8f0d195f7fc95e40da63fd0403

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0892https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0892vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com96732http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96732vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037963http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037963vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0932https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0932vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20170307 Linux kernel: CVE-2017-2636: local privilege escalation flaw in n_hdlchttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/07/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1428319x_refsource_CONFIRM
• a13xp0p0v.github.iohttps://a13xp0p0v.github.io/2017/03/24/CVE-2017-2636.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1125https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1125vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0933https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0933vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1232https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1232vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0931https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0931vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.debian.orgDSA-3804http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1233https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1233vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1488https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1488vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0986https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0986vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1126https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1126vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT