Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.
Published: 2017-03-28
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16306 The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3314-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:56:36.383Z

Reserved: 2017-03-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7277

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-03-28T06:59:00.143

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-7277

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-03-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7277 - Bugzilla

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