Name | CVE-2017-7477 |
Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/net/macsec.c in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel through 4.10.12 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the use of a MAX_SKB_FRAGS+1 size in conjunction with the NETIF_F_FRAGLIST feature, leading to an error in the skb_to_sgvec function. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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linux (PTS) | bullseye | 5.10.223-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.226-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.1.106-3 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 6.1.112-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 6.10.11-1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.11.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
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linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
linux | source | (unstable) | 4.9.25-1 | | | |
Notes
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.6)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Introduced in 4.6)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/25/4
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/4d6fa57b4dab0d77f4d8e9d9c73d1e63f6fe8fee
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/5294b83086cc1c35b4efeca03644cf9d12282e5b