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.
Published: 2017-04-25
Score: 7.0 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-16498 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3292-1 Linux kernel vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3292-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3293-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:04:11.423Z

Reserved: 2017-04-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-7477

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-25T14:59:00.213

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

Link: CVE-2017-7477

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-04-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-7477 - Bugzilla

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