CVE-2017-13715

critical
Published 2017-08-29 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The __skb_flow_dissect function in net/core/flow_dissector.c in the Linux kernel before 4.3 does not ensure that n_proto, ip_proto, and thoff are initialized, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a single crafted MPLS packet.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-13715

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13715.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a6e544b0a88b53114bfa5a57e21b7be7a8dfc9d0

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.3.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.3.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.3.1-1
debian debiansidfixed4.3.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.3.1-1
linux linux-kernelaffected4.3

References

CWEs

CWE-665

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.