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CVE-2017-16995 Details

Description

The check_alu_op function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging incorrect sign extension.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=a6132276ab5dcc38b3299082efeb25b948263adb	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3633-1/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44298/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45010/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45058/	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102288	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/95a762e2c8c942780948091f8f2a4f32fce1ac6f	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=a6132276ab5dcc38b3299082efeb25b948263adb	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3633-1/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44298/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45010/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45058/	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102288	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
linux linux kernel	>= 4.9, < 4.9.72 >= 4.10, < 4.14.9
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::esm::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

15 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 19, 2023	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2021	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 28, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 25, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 7, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 6, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 21, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 9, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Dec 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]

CVE-2017-16995 Details

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