PT-2017-14669 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Ben Hutchings · Published 2017-12-22 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-16996

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 4.14.8

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service, potentially resulting in memory corruption, or possibly have other unspecified impacts. This is achieved by leveraging register truncation mishandling in the kernel/bpf/verifier.c component of the Linux kernel.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 4.14.8, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue to prevent potential memory corruption and denial of service.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2830

ALT-PU-2018-1016

ALT-PU-2018-1253

CVE-2017-16996

MGASA-2018-0062

MGASA-2018-0063

MGASA-2018-0064

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

References · 233

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16996 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0064.html · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0063.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0062 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16996 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0063 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16996 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1 · Vendor Advisory