Name: CVE-2017-17855: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-12-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2017-17855, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00418

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Arch Linux	—	Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux	Jul 11, 2025	Dec 23, 2017
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	Jul 30, 2024	Dec 27, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-source-azureUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-devel-azure	May 19, 2018	Dec 27, 2017

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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