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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-17863): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-17863): Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/09/2018
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x through 4.9.71 does not check the relationship between pointer values and the BPF stack, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow or invalid memory access) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1005-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1006-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1011-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1015-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-25-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-25-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

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