CVE-2017-17712

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    CVE-2017-17712

    Published: 16 Dec 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.6 has a race condition in inet->hdrincl that leads to uninitialized stack pointer usage; this allows a local user to execute code and gain privileges.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-3/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-2/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0502, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-04-01, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3581-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3582-1/, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483

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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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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High