| Name | CVE-2017-5970 |
| Description | The ipv4_pktinfo_prepare function in net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via (1) an application that makes crafted system calls or possibly (2) IPv4 traffic with invalid IP options. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-922-1, DSA-3791-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.16.84-1 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.320-2 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 4.9.320-3 | fixed | |
| buster | 4.19.249-2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.269-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 5.10.158-2 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.162-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 6.1.15-1 | fixed | |
| sid | 6.1.20-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | wheezy | 3.2.88-1 | DLA-922-1 | ||
| linux | source | jessie | 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 | DSA-3791-1 | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.9.10-1 |
Fixed by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/34b2cef20f19c87999fff3da4071e66937db9644 (v4.10-rc8)
Introduced by: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f84af32cbca70a3c6d30463dc08c7984af11c277 (v2.6.35-rc1)