Linux Kernel Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2017-16996)

Linux Kernel Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2017-16996)
Linux Kernel Local Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2017-16996)

Release date:
Updated on:

Affected Systems:

Linux kernel <= 4.14.8

Description:

Bugtraq id: 102267
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2017-16996

Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.

Linux kernel 4.14.8 and earlier versions have security vulnerabilities in kernel/bpf/verifier. c. Local Users can exploit this vulnerability to cause DoS (Memory Corruption ).

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Http://www.kernel.org/
Https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit? Id = 0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
Https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
Https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi? Id = 1528516
Https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-16996
Http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
Http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q4/429