CVE-2017-9242 (GCVE-0-2017-9242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-05-27 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 17:02
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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.
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2017-05-26 00:00
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