Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-14497  

The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Severity Medium

Remote No

Type Denial of service

Description

The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might allow local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow, and disk and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

AVG-553 linux 4.14.11-1 High Vulnerable

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/edbd58be15a957f6a760c4a514cd475217eb97fd
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/18/1