High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Mar 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-7277
CVE-2017-7277
Description
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.
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8- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509anvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937ccnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740636/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740639/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97141nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lkml.org/lkml/2017/3/15/485nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
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