CVE-2017-14051
medium
CVSS v3
4.4
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
An integer overflow in the qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
44%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.12.13-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100571
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=194061
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00004.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9929625/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14051.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14051
CWEs
CWE-190
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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