CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6074

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-02-18 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-18
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-415

Description

The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.11 mishandles DCCP_PKT_REQUEST packet data structures in the LISTEN state, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (double free) via an application that makes an IPV6_RECVPKTINFO setsockopt system call.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (< 3.2.86) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.3 < 3.10.106) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.11 < 3.12.71) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 3.16.41) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.17 < 3.18.49) • linux linux kernel (>= 3.19 < 4.1.41) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 4.4.52) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.5 < 4.9.13) • debian debian linux 8.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

References