CVE-2017-5970

NameCVE-2017-5970
DescriptionThe ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-922-1, DSA-3791-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)buster4.19.249-2fixed
buster (security)4.19.304-1fixed
bullseye5.10.209-2fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.205-2fixed
bookworm6.1.76-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.69-1fixed
trixie6.6.15-2fixed
sid6.7.9-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcewheezy3.2.88-1DLA-922-1
linuxsourcejessie3.16.39-1+deb8u1DSA-3791-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.9.10-1

Notes

Fixed by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 (v4.10-rc8)
Introduced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84af32cbca70a3c6d30463dc08c7984af11c277 (v2.6.35-rc1)

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