DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16939

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16939 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

The XFRM dump policy implementation in net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.11 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted SO_RCVBUF setsockopt system call in conjunction with XFRM_MSG_GETPOLICY Netlink messages.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

7.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	linux	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	linux	0, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

2025-05-12.json (github-poc)

Timeline

Nov 24, 2017 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16939 advisory

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