VYPR
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-9242

CVE-2017-9242

Description

The __ip6_append_data function in net/ipv6/ip6_output.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.3 is too late in checking whether an overwrite of an skb data structure may occur, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via crafted system calls.

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