CVE-2017-17864

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles states_equal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWN_VALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 3.3/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-200

Affected software

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

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0Third Party Advisory
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patch?h=stretch-securityThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0Third Party Advisory
https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patch?h=stretch-securityThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Dec 27, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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