CVE-2017-17863 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x through 4.9.71 does not check the relationship between pointer values and the BPF stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or invalid memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00086.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102321
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040058
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-reject-out-of-bounds-stack-pointer-calculation.patch?h=stretch-security
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17863
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3523-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17863
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg206985.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-23T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:48.911Z

Reserved: 2017-12-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17863

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-27T17:08:20.483

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

Link: CVE-2017-17863

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-12-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-17863 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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