{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.9"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.9.16"
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.10"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.10.4"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "details": "Race condition in kernel/ucount.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and system crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls that leverage certain decrement behavior that causes incorrect interaction between put_ucounts and get_ucounts.",
  "id": "CVE-2017-6874",
  "modified": "2026-03-15T13:49:29.913410350Z",
  "published": "2017-03-14T09:59:00.393Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96856"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=040757f738e13caaa9c5078bca79aa97e11dde88"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}