{"id":"CVE-2017-18222","details":"In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.","modified":"2026-03-15T22:15:36.699659Z","published":"2018-03-08T14:29:00.223Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103349"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=412b65d15a7f8a93794653968308fc100f2aa87c"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/412b65d15a7f8a93794653968308fc100f2aa87c"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.12"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-18222.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}