PT-2017-12368 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Bo Zhang · Published 2017-09-20 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-12153

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.3

Description A security issue was found in the nl80211 set rekey data() function, which does not check for required attributes in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP NET ADMIN capability, potentially resulting in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.3, consider updating to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent potential system crashes. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the CAP NET ADMIN capability to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2337

ALT-PU-2017-2375

ALT-PU-2017-2378

ALT-PU-2017-2379

ALT-PU-2018-1991

CVE-2017-12153

DLA-1099-1

DSA-3981-1

MGASA-2017-0381

MGASA-2017-0383

MGASA-2017-0384

MGASA-2017-0386

MGASA-2017-0387

MGASA-2017-0388

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_2739-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_2741-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2847-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2869-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2908-1

SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1

SUSE-SU-2017:3267-1

USN-3469-1

USN-3469-2

USN-3487-1

USN-3583-1

USN-3583-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 669

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12153 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12190 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14991 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12153 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0383 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:3267-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0388.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0861 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12192 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0387 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8824 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3469-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3469-1 · Vendor Advisory