Denial of service in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-14489

Vulnerability identifier: #VU10720

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-14489

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vendor: Linux Foundation

Affected software:
Linux kernel

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists in the drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c due to leveraging incorrect length validation. A local attacker can cause a denial of service.

Install update from vendor's website.

• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9923803/