UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10663

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10663

    Published: 19 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-10663
    Aliases:
    USN-3420-1
    USN-3420-2
    USN-3468-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sanity_check_ckpt function in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.4 does not validate the blkoff and segno arrays, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10663, http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/vulnerability-f2fs-file-system-leads-memory-corruption-android-linux/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3420-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3420-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3468-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3468-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3468-3, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3470-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3470-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10663

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-135.184

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High