CVE-2017-16996

7.8 HIGH

Published: December 27, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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 register truncation mishandling.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Patch Vendor Advisory

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

Source: security@debian.org

Issue Tracking Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454

Source: security@debian.org

Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958

Source: security@debian.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958