CVE-2017-14497

The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

• CWE-119

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01Third Party Advisory
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fdIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01Third Party Advisory

Published

Sep 15, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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