CVE-2017-14106

medium
Published 2017-09-01 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4 NEW
—
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

The tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

Mitigation details

Source: Debian Security Tracker · View original ↗ · DFSG

CVE-2017-14106 NameCVE-2017-14106 DescriptionThe tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path. SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE…

CVE-2017-14106

NameCVE-2017-14106
DescriptionThe tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of service (__tcp_select_window divide-by-zero error and system crash) by triggering a disconnect within a certain tcp_recvmsg code path.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1099-1, DSA-3981-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.257-1fixed
bookworm6.1.170-3fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.172-1fixed
trixie6.12.86-1fixed
trixie (security)6.12.90-1fixed
forky7.0.9-1fixed
sid7.0.10-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.93-1DLA-1099-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.43-2+deb8u5DSA-3981-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.30-2+deb9u5DSA-3981-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.12.6-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/499350a5a6e7512d9ed369ed63a4244b6536f4f8 (v4.12-rc3)

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Notes
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/499350a5a6e7512d9ed369ed63a4244b6536f4f8 (v4.12-rc3)

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.12.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.12.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.12.6-1
debian debiansidfixed4.12.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.12.6-1
linux linux-kernelaffected

References

CWEs

CWE-369

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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