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CVE-2017-13715

Published: Aug 28, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

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Description

The __skb_flow_dissect function in net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not ensure that n_proto, ip_proto, and thoff are initialized, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a single crafted MPLS packet.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

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http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/345

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0

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