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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 14, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5970

CVE-2017-5970

Description

The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options.

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