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high 7.8

CVE-2017-10662 json

The sanity_check_raw_super function in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not validate the segment count, which allows…

published 2017-08-19 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-2309

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The sanity_check_raw_super function in fs/f2fs/super.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not validate the segment count, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.18.53, 4.1.41, 4.4.68, 4.9.28, 4.10.16, 4.11.1
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.9.30-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10662

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-135.184
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-83.106
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1022.31
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1018.18
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1061.69
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-83.106~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1063.68

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10662

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-10662 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: Missing sanity check for segment count in f2fs

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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