CVE-2017-17857: Buffer Overflow
First published: Sat Dec 23 2017(Updated: )
The check_stack_boundary function in 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 mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux kernel | >=4.14<4.14.9 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 |
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