CVE-2017-18222 (GCVE-0-2017-18222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-08 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 21:13
VLAI
Summary
In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103349 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/412b65d1… x_refsource_MISC
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… x_refsource_MISC
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2018-03-08 00:00
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      "current_release_date": "2026-06-13T02:45:48Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2017-18222",
      "id": "CVE-2017-18222",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T04:35:55Z",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "441",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-18222",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-18222.json",
      "version": "13"
    }
  }
}



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