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CVE-2017-17857
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-12-27T17:08:20.343 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:11:47.030

Summary

The check_stack_boundary function in 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 mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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