CVE-2017-7184

high

Description

The xfrm_replay_verify_len function in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not validate certain size data after an XFRM_MSG_NEWAE update, which allows local users to obtain root privileges or cause a denial of service (heap-based out-of-bounds access) by leveraging the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability, as demonstrated during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2017 for the Ubuntu 16.10 linux-image-* package 4.8.0.41.52.

References

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https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/842126074435665920

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a

https://blog.trendmicro.com/results-pwn2own-2017-day-one/

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2931

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2930

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2918

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038166

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97018

http://www.eweek.com/security/ubuntu-linux-falls-on-day-1-of-pwn2own-hacking-competition

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/29/2

https://github.com/Grish-Pradhan/CVE-s

https://github.com/Grish-Pradhan/CVE-2017-7184

https://github.com/b1nhack/CVE-2017-7184

https://github.com/PuddinCat/GithubRepoSpider

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f843ee6dd019bcece3e74e76ad9df0155655d0df

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=677e806da4d916052585301785d847c3b3e6186a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-03-19

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00643