{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7541 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2017-7541 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7541 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-7541 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jul 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7541 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7541/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7541/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-7541","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7541/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-7541","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7541","GHSA-9wmg-hc6h-w65j","RHSA-2017:2863","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7541"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can cause a system crash or potentially gain privileges via a crafted Netlink packet in the Linux kernel's Broadcom wireless 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Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race 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