CVE-2017-9242

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9242
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9242.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-9242
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Published
2017-05-27T01:29:02Z
Modified
2025-08-09T20:01:28Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
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Details

The _ip6appenddata function in net/ipv6/ip6output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.

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Affected packages