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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-9242: ELSA-2017-1842: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
May 19, 2017
Added
Aug 17, 2017
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

Description

The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-kerneloracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek

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