CVE-2017-9242
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-05-27 00:00
Modified
2024-08-05 17:02
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98731Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64aIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/Broken Link
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