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CVE-2018-17977
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-10-08T17:29:00.653 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:46:38.320

Summary

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and system hang) by leveraging root access to execute crafted applications, as demonstrated on CentOS 7.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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