CVE-2017-9074

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-125

Affected software

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

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98577Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0169Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0Third Party Advisory
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763117/Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98577Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0169Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/2423496af35d94a87156b063ea5cedffc10a70a1Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0Third Party Advisory
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/763117/Patch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 19, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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