CVE-2017-17862

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17862
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17862.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-17862
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-12-27T17:08:20.437Z
Modified
2026-03-15T21:53:28.313651Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 ignores unreachable code, even though it would still be processed by JIT compilers. This behavior, also considered an improper branch-pruning logic issue, could possibly be used by local users for denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-17862.json"
unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.14.8"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "9.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]