The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:27:40.803Z

Reserved: 2017-09-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14497

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-09-15T18:29:00.180

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14497

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-08-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14497 - Bugzilla

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