CVE-2017-17857

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    CVE-2017-17857

    Published: 27 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The check_stack_boundary function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ea25f914dc164c8d56b36147ecc86bc65f83c469, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ea25f914dc164c8d56b36147ecc86bc65f83c469

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