PT-2017-14963 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Mohamed Ghannam · Published 2017-12-15 · Updated 2023-06-21 · CVE-2017-17712

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.0

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions through 4.14.6

Description The issue is related to a race condition in the raw sendmsg() function, specifically in the inet->hdrincl component, which leads to the usage of an uninitialized stack pointer. This condition allows a local user to execute arbitrary code and gain privileges.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 4.14.6, update to a version later than 4.14.6 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1007

ALT-PU-2018-1016

CVE-2017-17712

DSA-4073-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_0408-1

RHSA-2018:0502

SUSE-SU-2018:0269-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0272-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0273-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0277-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0278-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0280-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0281-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0282-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0294-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0296-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0297-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0298-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0301-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0340-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0345-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0346-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0347-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0383-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0416-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0431-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0433-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0436-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0482-1

SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1

USN-3581-1

USN-3581-2

USN-3581-3

USN-3582-1

USN-3582-2

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 308

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0281-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0277-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0346-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0482-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0269-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0273-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0433-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17712 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0297-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17712 · Security Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0282-1 · Vendor Advisory