CVE-2017-16648

The dvb frontend management subsystem in the Linux kernel contains a use-after-free which can allow a malicious user to write to memory that may be assigned to another kernel structure. This could create memory corruption, panic, or possibly other side affects.

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, MRG-2 and real-time kernels.

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel-alt package.

Future Linux kernel updates for the respective releases may address this issue.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.