CVE-2017-16996
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-22 10:00
Modified
2024-08-05 20:43
Severity ?
Summary
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging register truncation mishandling.
References
security@debian.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Linux kernel through 4.14.8 Version: Linux kernel through 4.14.8
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