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CVE-2017-12153 Detail

Description

A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437 Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST   Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12153
NVD Published Date:
09/21/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.