CVE-2017-8065
Description
crypto/ccm.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x through 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
| linux-kernel | 4.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.12 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.13 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.14 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.15 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.16 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.17 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.18 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.9.19 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.1 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.2 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.3 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.4 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.5 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.6 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.7 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.8 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.9 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.10 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.11 | affected | |
| linux-kernel | 4.10.12 | affected | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97994
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b30460c5b0ed762be75a004e924ec3f8711e032
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b30460c5b0ed762be75a004e924ec3f8711e032
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8065
CWEs
CWE-119
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.