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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 24, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-16939

CVE-2017-16939

Description

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages.

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