CVE-2017-17852

high

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging mishandling of 32-bit ALU ops.

References

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/468f6eafa6c44cb2c5d8aad35e12f06c240a812a

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=468f6eafa6c44cb2c5d8aad35e12f06c240a812a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-12-27

Updated: 2023-01-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H