Vulnerability CVE-2017-17854
Published: 2017-12-27

Description:
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging unrestricted integer values for pointer arithmetic.

Type:

CWE-190

 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.2/10
10/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=bb7f0f989ca7de1153bd128a40a71709e339fa03
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bb7f0f989ca7de1153bd128a40a71709e339fa03
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