CVE-2017-8065 — crypto/ccm
crypto/ccm.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x through 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more
Published
2017-04-23T05:59:00.347
Last modified
2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
01What is this vulnerability?
crypto/ccm.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x and 4.10.x through 4.10.12 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging use of more than one virtual page for a DMA scatterlist.
02Affected products
No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.
03Active exploitation status
Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.
04Recommended remediation
- Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
- Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
- Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.
05Technical details
For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.
06Detection signatures
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07Related CVEs
No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.
08Timeline
- Published: 2017-04-23T05:59:00.347
- Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
09References
- www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97994
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b30460c5b0ed762be75a004e924ec3f8711e03…
- www.openwall.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97994
- git.kernel.org — https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b…
- github.com — https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b30460c5b0ed762be75a004e924ec3f8711e03…
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