CVE-2017-17863
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17863
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17863.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17863
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-12-27T17:08:20Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Severity
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- 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x through 4.9.71 does not check the relationship between pointer values and the BPF stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or invalid memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102321
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040058
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-reject-out-of-bounds-stack-pointer-calculation.patch?h=stretch-security
- https://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg206985.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3523-3/