CVE - CVE-2017-9242

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-9242	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.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.
References
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BID:98731 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98731 CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a CONFIRM:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a CONFIRM:https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/ DEBIAN:DSA-3886 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886 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
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170526	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 (20170526)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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