CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-16995
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-12-27
- 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-119
Description
The check_alu_op function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect sign extension.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.9 < 4.9.72)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.9)
• debian debian linux 9.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102288 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=a6132276ab5dcc38b3299082efeb25b948263adb Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3633-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44298/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45010/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45058/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f Vendor Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102288 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=a6132276ab5dcc38b3299082efeb25b948263adb Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3633-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44298/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45010/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45058/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry