High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 8, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18222
CVE-2017-18222
Description
In the Linux kernel before 4.12, Hisilicon Network Subsystem (HNS) does not consider the ETH_SS_PRIV_FLAGS case when retrieving sset_count data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, as demonstrated by incompatibility between hns_get_sset_count and ethtool_get_strings.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/412b65d15a7f8a93794653968308fc100f2aa87cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103349nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvd
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