Bug 1530272 (CVE-2017-17855) - CVE-2017-17855 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a denial of service by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars
Summary: CVE-2017-17855 kernel: bpf/verifier.c allows local users to cause a denial of...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-17855
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1530279 1530313
Blocks: 1528364
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Reported: 2018-01-02 12:31 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 01:01 UTC (History)
42 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 4.15
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Last Closed: 2019-07-12 13:04:50 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-01-02 12:31:39 UTC 
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.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14

References:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2018-01-02 12:41:13 UTC 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1530279]
Comment 3 Prasad Pandit 2018-01-18 05:32:30 UTC 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the versions of the kernel package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-07-12 13:04:50 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2017-17855
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