UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9075

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9075

    Published: 19 May 2017Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9075
    Aliases:
    USN-3342-1
    USN-3342-2
    USN-3343-1

    Summary:

    Details: The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9075, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fdcee2cbb8438702ea1b328fb6e0ac5e9a40c7f8, https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763569/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3342-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3343-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3344-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3344-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3345-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3343-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3342-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9075

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-123.172

    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