High severity7.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 25, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-7477
CVE-2017-7477
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in drivers/net/macsec.c in the MACsec module in the Linux kernel through 4.10.12 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging the use of a MAX_SKB_FRAGS+1 size in conjunction with the NETIF_F_FRAGLIST feature, leading to an error in the skb_to_sgvec function.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
7- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/98014nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1038500nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1615nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1616nvdThird Party Advisory
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