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CVE-2017-5970

CVE-2017-5970

EPSS 3.9%
The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.
Affected products
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References
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1421638https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/724136/https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/12/3http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96233