High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-17805

Description

The Salsa20 encryption algorithm in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 does not correctly handle zero-length inputs, allowing a local attacker able to use the AF_ALG-based skcipher interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_SKCIPHER) to cause a denial of service (uninitialized-memory free and kernel crash) or have unspecified other impact by executing a crafted sequence of system calls that use the blkcipher_walk API. Both the generic implementation (crypto/salsa20_generic.c) and x86 implementation (arch/x86/crypto/salsa20_glue.c) of Salsa20 were vulnerable.

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Affected products

111

Canonical/Ubuntu Linux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=2.6.25,<3.2.97
- (no CPE)range: <4.14.8
OpenSUSE/Leap2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
SUSE S.A./Linux Enterprise Desktop2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
SUSE S.A./Linux Enterprise Server4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:extra:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
SUSE S.A./Linux Enterprise Server For Raspberry Pi
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server_for_raspberry_pi:12:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords94 versions
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< 3.0.101-108.21.1+ 93 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.21.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-0.47.106.11.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101-108.21.2
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.0.101.rt130-69.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-1.7.1

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References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatch
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ecaaab5649781c5a0effdaf298a925063020500envdPatch
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00006.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00007.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00008.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00014.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00016.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/102291nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096nvdThird Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2473nvdThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00004.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3620-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3620-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073nvdThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4082nvdThird Party Advisory
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.8nvdIssue TrackingRelease Notes

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