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LIN6-14096 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2017-17712

Created: Dec 18, 2017    Updated: Dec 3, 2018
Resolved Date: Jan 3, 2018
Found In Version: 6.0
Fix Version: 6.0.0.37
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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.

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17712
https://vuldb.com/?id.110732

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