CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16939
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-11-24
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.28 < 3.2.97)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.16.52)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.86)
• linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.48)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.104)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.60)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.13.11)
• debian debian linux 8.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2 Patch, Technical Description
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101954 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3535 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069702 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2 Patch, Technical Description
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/40 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.11 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101954 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190 Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3535 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069702 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1137b5e2529a8f5ca8ee709288ecba3e68044df2 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082 Third Party Advisory