CVE-2017-17449

MediumCVSS 4.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The __netlink_deliver_tap_skb function in net/netlink/af_netlink.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.4, when CONFIG_NLMON is enabled, does not restrict observations of Netlink messages to a single net namespace, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability to sniff an nlmon interface for all Netlink activity on the system.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 4.7/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 7, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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