VYPR
High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 29, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7308

CVE-2017-7308

Description

The packet_set_ring function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 does not properly validate certain block-size data, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer signedness error and out-of-bounds write), or gain privileges (if the CAP_NET_RAW capability is held), via crafted system calls.

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