UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17864

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17864
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17864.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17864
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:17Z
Published
2017-12-27T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:18:17.800507Z
Severity
  • 3.3 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles statesequal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWNVALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / linux-azure

Package

Name
linux-azure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.15.0-1023.24~14.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

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Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-azure

Package

Name
linux-azure
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure@4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2

Affected versions

4.*

4.11.0-1009.9
4.11.0-1011.11
4.11.0-1013.13
4.11.0-1014.14
4.11.0-1015.15
4.11.0-1016.16
4.13.0-1005.7
4.13.0-1006.8
4.13.0-1007.9
4.13.0-1009.12
4.13.0-1011.14
4.13.0-1012.15
4.13.0-1014.17
4.13.0-1016.19
4.13.0-1018.21

Ecosystem specific 

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Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-gcp

Package

Name
linux-gcp
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp@4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.10.0-1004.4
4.10.0-1006.6
4.10.0-1007.7
4.10.0-1008.8
4.10.0-1009.9
4.13.0-1002.5
4.13.0-1006.9
4.13.0-1007.10
4.13.0-1008.11
4.13.0-1011.15
4.13.0-1012.16
4.13.0-1013.17
4.13.0-1015.19
4.13.0-1017.21
4.13.0-1019.23

Ecosystem specific 

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Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / linux-hwe

Package

Name
linux-hwe
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-hwe@4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1

Affected versions

4.*

4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1
4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
4.8.0-41.44~16.04.1
4.8.0-42.45~16.04.1
4.8.0-44.47~16.04.1
4.8.0-45.48~16.04.1
4.8.0-46.49~16.04.1
4.8.0-49.52~16.04.1
4.8.0-51.54~16.04.1
4.8.0-52.55~16.04.1
4.8.0-53.56~16.04.1
4.8.0-54.57~16.04.1
4.8.0-56.61~16.04.1
4.8.0-58.63~16.04.1
4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2
4.10.0-28.32~16.04.2
4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1
4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1
4.10.0-35.39~16.04.1
4.10.0-37.41~16.04.1
4.10.0-38.42~16.04.1
4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1
4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1
4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2
4.13.0-31.34~16.04.1
4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1
4.13.0-37.42~16.04.1
4.13.0-38.43~16.04.1
4.13.0-39.44~16.04.1
4.13.0-41.46~16.04.1
4.13.0-43.48~16.04.1
4.13.0-45.50~16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

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