CVE-2017-14497

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    CVE-2017-14497

    Published: 15 Sept 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

    References: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040106, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100871, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039371, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-01-01, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/476, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492593, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd, https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150394500728906&w=2, https://marc.info/?t=150394517700001&r=1&w=2, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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