UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14051

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14051

    Published: 31 Aug 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14051
    Aliases:
    USN-3469-1
    USN-3469-2
    USN-3583-1

    Summary:

    Details: An integer overflow in the qla2x00_sysfs_write_optrom_ctl function in drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and system crash) by leveraging root access.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14051, https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9929625/, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e6f77540c067b48dee10f1e33678415bfcc89017, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14051

    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