UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17856

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17856

    Published: 27 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17856

    Summary:

    Details: kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the lack of stack-pointer alignment enforcement.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17856, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/23/2, https://git.kernel.org/linus/a5ec6ae161d72f01411169a938fa5f8baea16e8f, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17856

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-azure

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    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