CVE-2017-7618: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

crypto/ahash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (API operation calling its own callback, and infinite recursion) by triggering EBUSY on a full queue.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 3.15, before 3.16.44 (fixed in 3.16.44); from 3.17, before 3.18.50 (fixed in 3.18.50); from 3.19, before 4.1.40 (fixed in 4.1.40); from 4.2, before 4.4.63 (fixed in 4.4.63); from 4.5, before 4.9.24 (fixed in 4.9.24); from 4.10, before 4.10.12 (fixed in 4.10.12)

Published 2017-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.