vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-18222): Linux kernel vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Mar 8, 2018 | May 29, 2018 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Mar 8, 2018
Added
May 29, 2018
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1022-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1026-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1060-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1090-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1093-snapdragonubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-127-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-awsubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-genericubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpaeubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvmubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatencyubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mcubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-embubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smpubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon
References
Rapid7 Labs
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