What is CVE-2017-12153?

CVE-2017-12153 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2017-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-12153?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-12153 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-12153

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (38.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0, 9.0
N/a Kernel Since V3.1-rc1 Through V4.13 — versions kernel since v3.1-rc1 through v4.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12153?: CVE-2017-12153 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2017-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-12153?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-12153 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.