CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-9242
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-05-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.11.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/ Broken Link
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98731 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 access.redhat.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/ Broken Link