CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-6214

7.5 HIGH Published 2017-02-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-02-23
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-835

Description

The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.9.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References