CVE-2017-17855
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17855
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17855.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17855
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-12-27T17:08:20.250Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-24T11:25:20.356696Z
- Severity
-
- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars.
- References
-
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
Affected packages
Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14Introducedbebc6082da0a9f5d47a1ea2edc099bf671058bd4Fixed179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14
Database specific
vanir_signatures
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"source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git@179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14",
"id": "CVE-2017-17855-60063d07",
"target": {
"file": "kernel/bpf/verifier.c"
}
},
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"digest": {
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"source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git@179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14",
"id": "CVE-2017-17855-78d03595",
"target": {
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"file": "kernel/bpf/verifier.c"
}
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17855.json"