CVE-2017-8281

kernel: use after free in the recvmmsg exit path

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

8.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 14, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, a race condition can allow access to already freed memory while querying event status via DCI.

Statement

This issue is a duplicate of CVE-2016-7117; refer to that CVE for details. It has already been fixed in all supported Red Hat products.

CVSS score applicability

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.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 8.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-416 · Use After Free