The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the…
Priority LOW 31CWE-125Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The TCP stack in the Linux kernel through 4.10.6 mishandles the SCM_TIMESTAMPING_OPT_STATS feature, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from the kernel's internal socket data structures or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via crafted system calls, related to net/core/skbuff.c and net/socket.c.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00391 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7277
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m98q-jg2r-mqmw
References
Patch 6
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740636/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937cc
- https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/740639/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509a
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ef1b2869447411ad3ef91ad7d4891a83c1a509a
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=8605330aac5a5785630aec8f64378a54891937cc
Advisory 1
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- TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
Sources
- CVE-2017-7277 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7277 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m98q-jg2r-mqmw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7277 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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