Description
An issue was discovered in net/ipv6/ip6mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. By setting a specific socket option, an attacker can control a pointer in kernel land and cause an inet_csk_listen_stop general protection fault, or potentially execute arbitrary code under certain circumstances. The issue can be triggered as root (e.g., inside a default LXC container or with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) or after namespace unsharing. This occurs because sk_type and protocol are not checked in the appropriate part of the ip6_mroute_* functions. NOTE: this affects Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.187.
Published: 2019-08-13
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1884-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1885-1 linux-4.9 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-9625 An issue was discovered in net/ipv6/ip6mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11. By setting a specific socket option, an attacker can control a pointer in kernel land and cause an inet_csk_listen_stop general protection fault, or potentially execute arbitrary code under certain circumstances. The issue can be triggered as root (e.g., inside a default LXC container or with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability) or after namespace unsharing. This occurs because sk_type and protocol are not checked in the appropriate part of the ip6_mroute_* functions. NOTE: this affects Linux distributions that use 4.9.x longterm kernels before 4.9.187.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4145-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:28:54.826Z

Reserved: 2019-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-18509

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-08-13T14:15:11.977

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:20:16.993

Link: CVE-2017-18509

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-18509 - Bugzilla

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