CVE-2017-17712

Description

The raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.6 has a race condition in inet->hdrincl that leads to uninitialized stack pointer usage; this allows a local user to execute code and gain privileges.

References

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

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-3/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1/

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3