The cookie feature in the packet action API implementation in net/sched/act_api.c in the Linux kernel 4.11.x through 4.11-rc7 mishandles the tb nlattr array, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and refcount underflow, and system hang or crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via "tc filter add" commands in certain contexts. NOTE: this does not affect stable kernels, such as 4.10.x, from kernel.org.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-19T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:29.630Z

Reserved: 2017-04-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-7979

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-19T23:59:00.153

Modified: 2017-04-26T01:59:10.637

Link: CVE-2017-7979

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7979 - Bugzilla