CVE-2017-7477

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    CVE-2017-7477

    Published: 25 Apr 2017Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/net/macsec.c in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel through 4.10.12 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the use of a MAX_SKB_FRAGS+1 size in conjunction with the NETIF_F_FRAGLIST feature, leading to an error in the skb_to_sgvec function.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98014, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038500, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1445207, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=4d6fa57b4dab0d77f4d8e9d9c73d1e63f6fe8fee, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=5294b83086cc1c35b4efeca03644cf9d12282e5b

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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