CVE-2017-7277 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2017-7277?

CVE-2017-7277 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Mar 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7277?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7277?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-7277 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2017-7277 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7277 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-m98q-jg2r-mqmw.