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CVE-2017-18509
published 2019-08-13

CVE-2017-18509: An issue was discovered in net/ipv6/ip6mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. By setting a specific socket option, an attacker can control a pointer in kernel…

PriorityP341high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.84%
54.2th percentile
An issue was discovered in net/ipv6/ip6mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. By setting a specific socket option, an attacker can control a pointer in kernel land and cause an inet_csk_listen_stop general protection fault, or potentially execute arbitrary code under certain circumstances. The issue can be triggered as root (e.g., inside a default LXC container or with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) or after namespace unsharing. This occurs because sk_type and protocol are not checked in the appropriate part of the ip6_mroute_* functions. NOTE: this affects Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.187.

Affected

15 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
canonicalubuntu_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debiandebian_linux
debianlinux< linux 4.11.6-1 (bookworm)linux 4.11.6-1 (bookworm)
googleandroid
linuxlinux_kernel< 3.16.723.16.72
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.11.6-14.11.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.11.6-14.11.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.11.6-14.11.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.11.6-14.11.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 4.4.0-165.1934.4.0-165.193
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.17 < 4.4.1874.4.187
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.10 < 4.114.11
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.5 < 4.9.1874.9.187

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
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