{"id":"CVE-2017-9242","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:17:28.333965802Z","published":"2017-05-27T01:29:02.513Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2017:1853-1","SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2043-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2046-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2049-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2060-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2061-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2062-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2063-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2064-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2065-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2066-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2067-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2068-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2070-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2072-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2073-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2088-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2089-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2090-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2091-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2092-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2093-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2094-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2095-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2096-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2098-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2099-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2100-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2102-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2103-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2342-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2446-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2447-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2448-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2475-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2476-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2497-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2525-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2775-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2791-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2908-1","SUSE-SU-2017:2920-1"],"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/764880/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3886"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98731"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=232cd35d0804cc241eb887bb8d4d9b3b9881c64a"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"4.11.3"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-9242.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:N/I:N/A:H"}]}