| Name | CVE-2017-17855 |
| Description | kernel/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. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| linux (PTS) | buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 4.19.282-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.10.178-3 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.179-1 | fixed |
| bookworm, sid | 6.1.27-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| linux | source | (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