UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12153

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12153

    Published: 21 Sept 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12153
    Aliases:
    USN-3469-1
    USN-3469-2
    USN-3487-1

    Summary:

    Details: A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12153, https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2, https://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=150525493517953&w=2, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3487-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12153

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-142.191

    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