{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.7"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.9.46"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.10"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.12.10"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "The mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the -\u003eexe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.",
  "id": "CVE-2017-17052",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T13:48:09.861425890Z",
  "published": "2017-11-29T03:29:00.267Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102009"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}