CVE-2017-17863

Description

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.

References

https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg206985.html

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073

https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3523-3/

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

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040058

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102321

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3