CVE-2017-17864
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17864
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17864.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17864
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-12-27T17:08:20Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles statesequal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWNVALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."
- References
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0
- https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patch?h=stretch-security
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073