CVE-2017-17855

NameCVE-2017-17855
Descriptionkernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.282-1fixed
bullseye5.10.178-3fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.179-1fixed
bookworm, sid6.1.27-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy(not affected)
linuxsourcejessie(not affected)
linuxsourcestretch(not affected)
linuxsource(unstable)4.14.7-1

Notes

[stretch] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introdued later)
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introdued later)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introdued later)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14

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