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CVE-2017-18595

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-18595 is a double free vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically in the allocate_trace_buffer function within kernel/trace/trace.c, affecting versions before 4.14.11, including various openSUSE and Linux distributions. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring local user privileges with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.10, < 3.16.55CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.17, < 3.18.91CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.19, < 4.1.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2, < 4.4.109CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.5, < 4.9.74CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (14)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1127.8.2.rt56.1103.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1127.8.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt-0:4.14.0-115.21.2.el7a
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-327.88.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.76.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.76.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.76.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.67.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.67.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.67.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.54.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-1:3.10.0-693.67.1.rt56.665.el6rt
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4.2 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-957.54.1.el7
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-18595Important

kernel: double free may be caused by the function allocate_trace_buffer in the file kernel/trace/trace.c

Sep 4, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00036.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00037.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.11
Mailing List
git.kernel.org / pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit
Mailing ListPatch