Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-12153
CVE-2017-12153
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- marc.infonvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
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