The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-05-19T06:25:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:21.933Z

Reserved: 2017-05-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-9074

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-05-19T07:29:00.197

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:35:16.440

Link: CVE-2017-9074

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-9074 - Bugzilla