CVE-2017-16996
High
CVE-2017-16996
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 register truncation mishandling.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
December 27, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-16996
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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 register truncation mishandling.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102267
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0c17d1d2c61936401f4702e1846e2c19b200f958