CVE-2017-7277
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.
Predictions
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 | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509a
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937cc
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97141
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937cc
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/15/485
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740636/
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740639/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7277.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7277
CWEs
CWE-125
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.