What is CVE-2017-9059?

CVE-2017-9059 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2017-9059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-9059?

CVE-2017-9059 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-9059?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-9059. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2017-9059 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-9059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2017-9059

Medium

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.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2017-05-18

Last modified 2026-05-13

CVSS version 3.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.0 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-404

CVE-2017-9059 is classified as CWE-404

See CWE-404 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2017-9059 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98551
Kernel patch commit
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c70422f760c120480fee4de6c38804c72aa26bc1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1451386
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c70422f760c120480fee4de6c38804c72aa26bc1
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2017-9059

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.0

Published 2017-05-18

Modified 2026-05-13

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9059?

CVE-2017-9059 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2017-9059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-9059?

CVE-2017-9059 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.0). The vector string is CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2017-9059?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2017-9059. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2017-9059 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2017-9059 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.