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Bug 1428491 - (CVE-2017-6348) CVE-2017-6348 kernel: net: Improper lock dropping in the hashbin_delete function
CVE-2017-6348 kernel: net: Improper lock dropping in the hashbin_delete function
Status: NEW
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170217,repor...
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Blocks: 1428496
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Reported: 2017-03-02 11:51 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-08-28 18:14 EDT (History)
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The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly manages lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-02 11:51:00 EST 
The hashbin_delete function in net/irda/irqueue.c in the Linux kernel improperly manages lock dropping, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) via crafted operations on IrDA devices.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4c03b862b12f980456f9de92db6d508a4999b788

References:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/5246
Comment 1 Wade Mealing 2017-03-28 02:18:21 EDT 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5,  6, 7 and MRG-2  as the code with the flaw is not present in the products listed.
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