CVSS 3.1
7.8 highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-7308
The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not properly validate certain block-size data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer signedness error and out-of-bounds write), or gain privileges (if the CAP_NET_RAW capability is held), via crafted system calls.
Severity
- EPSS
- 18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 97% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWEs
- CWE-681, CWE-787
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel