CVE-2017-8824

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in DCCP socket code affecting the Linux kernel since 2.6.16. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to their escalate privileges.

This issue affects the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and real-time kernels. Future updates for the respective releases may address this issue.

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for ARM and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power LE.

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.