UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17712

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17712

    Published: 15 Dec 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17712
    Aliases:
    USN-3581-1
    USN-3581-2
    USN-3581-3

    Summary:

    Details: The raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.6 has a race condition in inet->hdrincl that leads to uninitialized stack pointer usage; this allows a local user to execute code and gain privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17712, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/16/1, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c008ba5bdc9fa830e1a349b20b0be5a137bdef7a, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8f659a03a0ba9289b9aeb9b4470e6fb263d6f483, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3582-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3581-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17712

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-aws

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-1014.14

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-1002.2
    4.4.0-1003.3
    4.4.0-1005.5
    4.4.0-1006.6
    4.4.0-1009.9
    4.4.0-1010.10
    4.4.0-1011.11
    4.4.0-1012.12

    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