CVE-2017-12153NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
4.4MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV6.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 21
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 0.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 4.12.13-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 3.13.0-142.191+1
NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.13.3
debiandebian/linux< linux 4.12.13-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

6
GHSA
GHSA-2wr3-w5rh-2qx4: A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl802112022-05-13
OSV
linux vulnerabilities2018-02-23
OSV
linux-lts-xenial vulnerabilities2017-10-31
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gke, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities2017-10-31
OSV
CVE-2017-12153: A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl802112017-09-21

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2018-02-23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities2018-02-23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2017-11-21
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2017-10-31
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities2017-10-31

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-15087 samba: Server memory information leak over SMB1 (incomplete fix for CVE-2017-12163)2017-10-24
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12153 kernel: null pointer dereference in nl80211_set_rekey_data()2017-09-12
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12153 kernel: null pointer dereference in nl80211_set_rekey_data() [fedora-all]2017-09-12