Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17864
CVE-2017-17864
Description
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles states_equal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWN_VALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."
Affected products
62- osv-coords59 versionspkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_18&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_41&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_8&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3
< 4.4.180-94.150.1+ 58 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.4
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-92.64.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-94.11.2
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.180-94.150.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.114-27.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/nvdThird Party Advisory
- anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patchnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/nvd
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