CVE-2017-6214

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    CVE-2017-6214

    Published: 23 Feb 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96421, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037897, https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1372, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1647, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3804, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.9.11, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ccf7abb93af09ad0868ae9033d1ca8108bdaec82, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccf7abb93af09ad0868ae9033d1ca8108bdaec82

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    Integrity
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    Availability
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