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CVE-2017-17712

Date: December 15, 2017

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.

Language: C

Severity Score

Related Resources (14)

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17712
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17712
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17712
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-3/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-17712

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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