High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7187
CVE-2017-7187
Description
The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a large command size in an SG_NEXT_CMD_LEN ioctl call, leading to out-of-bounds write access in the sg_write function.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mkp/scsi.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/96989nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038086nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669nvdThird Party Advisory
- gist.github.com/dvyukov/48ad14e84de45b0be92b7f0eda20ff1bnvdThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2017-10-01nvdThird Party Advisory
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