{"id":"CVE-2017-7184","details":"The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:15:39.558531143Z","published":"2017-03-19T18:59:00.193Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:0864-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0865-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0866-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0867-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0868-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0869-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0870-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0871-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0872-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0873-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0874-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0875-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0876-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0877-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0878-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0879-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0880-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0881-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0882-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0883-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0884-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0885-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0886-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0887-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0888-1","SUSE-SU-2017:0889-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1301-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038166"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/842126074435665920"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/29/2"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.eweek.com/security/ubuntu-linux-falls-on-day-1-of-pwn2own-hacking-competition"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://blog.trendmicro.com/results-pwn2own-2017-day-one/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97018"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-7184.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.8"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.2.89"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.3"},{"fixed":"3.10.106"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.11"},{"fixed":"3.12.73"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.13"},{"fixed":"3.16.44"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.17"},{"fixed":"3.18.49"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"3.19"},{"fixed":"4.1.49"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.2"},{"fixed":"4.4.59"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.5"},{"fixed":"4.9.20"}]},{"events":[{"introduced":"4.10"},{"fixed":"4.10.8"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}