CVE - CVE-2017-5970

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-5970	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
References
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BID:96233 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638 CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 CONFIRM:https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/ CONFIRM:https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01 DEBIAN:DSA-3791 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791 MLIST:[oss-security] 20170212 Fwd: [scr293903] Linux kernel - upstream URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:1842 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:2077 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:2669 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170212	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170212)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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