Privilege escalation in Linux kernel - CVE-2017-10663
Published: August 11, 2017 / Updated: August 23, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU7761
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10663
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of the blkoff and segno arrays by the sanity_check_ckpt function in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel. a local attacker can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
The weakness exists due to improper validation of the blkoff and segno arrays by the sanity_check_ckpt function in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel. a local attacker can execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10663
Update to version 4.12.4.