CVE-2017-18222

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-18222
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-08 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-05-24 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4188-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org
Linux Kernel CVE-2017-18222 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
net: hns: fix ethtool_get_strings overflow in hns driver · torvalds/linux@412b65d · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3654-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3654-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
USN-3656-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2, Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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