Use-after-free in the IPv6 implementation of the DCCP protocol in the Linux kernel - CVE-2017-6074

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Issue

  • Red Hat Product Security has been made aware of a vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel's DCCP protocol IPV6 implementation. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2017-6074.
  • How to fix CVE-2017-6074
  • How to test if a system is vulnerable to CVE-2017-6074
  • What is the impact of CVE-2017-6074

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
  • Red Hat Openshift Online v2
  • Red Hat Virtualization (RHEV-H/RHV-H)
  • RHEL Atomic Host

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