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High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17712

CVE-2017-17712

Description

The raw_sendmsg() function in net/ipv4/raw.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.6 has a race condition in inet->hdrincl that leads to uninitialized stack pointer usage; this allows a local user to execute code and gain privileges.

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