In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-03-08T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:13:49.032Z

Reserved: 2018-03-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-18222

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-08T14:29:00.223

Modified: 2018-05-24T01:29:01.003

Link: CVE-2017-18222

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18222 - Bugzilla