Vulnerability Details CVE-2017-16996
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 32.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.2
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
Products affected by CVE-2017-16996
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.1
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.2
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.3
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.4
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.5
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.6
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.7
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.14.8