PT-2017-15051 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Jann Horn · Published 2017-12-23 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-17857

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 leading to memory corruption, by exploiting the mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations in the check stack boundary function.

Recommendations For Linux kernel versions through 4.14.8, update to a version later than 4.14.8 to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-1016

CVE-2017-17857

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 · 234

• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea25f914dc164c8d56b36147ecc86bc65f83c469 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17857 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0064.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0063.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0062 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea25f914dc164c8d56b36147ecc86bc65f83c469 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10728-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0063 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17857 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:13704-1 · Vendor Advisory