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CVE-2017-9242

Published: May 27, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.

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

References

vdb-entry

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https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/

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https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a

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http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a

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