CVE-2017-14489

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Published 2017-09-15 · Modified 2026-05-13

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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

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging incorrect length validation.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

55%

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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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-42932 dos linux

Wang Chenyu · 2017-10-02

Linux Kernel < 4.14.rc3 - Local Denial of Service

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

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

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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