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Medium
CVE-2017-12153
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in...
Vulnerability Description
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046
- https://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13
Vulnerable Versions:
kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 21st, 2017
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H