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CVE-2017-5897
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-03-23T16:59:00.590 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:21:23.980

Summary

The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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