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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16995): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-16995): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/09/2018
Modified
11/27/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1005-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1006-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1011-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-1015-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-25-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-25-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-13-0-26-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1016-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1020-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1054-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1086-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1088-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-119-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-9026-euclid
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2

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