NFSv4 Linux Kernel Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2017-9059 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

The NFSv4 implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by leveraging improper channel callback shutdown when unmounting an NFSv4 filesystem, aka a "module reference and kernel daemon" leak.

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