CVE-2017-8067

drivers/char/virtio_console.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x before 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97997	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.12	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97997	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c4baad50297d84bde1a7ad45e50c73adae4a2192	Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2017-04-23 05:59

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8067

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8067

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8067

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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