USN-3633-1
Not scored
linux-euclid vulnerability
Jann Horn discovered that the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) implementation in the Linux kernel improperly performed sign extension in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Exploit probability
Not scored
Published
April 24, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
February 10, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
6 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
USN-3633-1
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Jann Horn discovered that the Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) implementation in the Linux kernel improperly performed sign extension in some situations. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.
05 / REFERENCES