The IPv6 fragmentation implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 does not consider that the nexthdr field may be associated with an invalid option, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted socket and send system calls.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-05-19T06:25:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:55:21.933Z
Reserved: 2017-05-19T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-9074

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-05-19T07:29:00.197
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-9074
