CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5970
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 source.android.com
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 www.debian.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233 www.securityfocus.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 source.android.com