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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-5897 in the critical feed json

The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14972

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 3.10.106, 3.12.71, 3.16.41, 3.18.49, 4.4.50, 4.9.11
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.9.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5897

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-157.207
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-75.96
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1016.25
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1012.12
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1
  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1054.61
  • linux-lts-xenial Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-75.96~14.04.1
  • linux-snapdragon Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1057.61

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5897

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.74-7.10.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLE Module for Public Cloud 12 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 3.12.74-60.64.40.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:1990-1SUSE-SU-2017:1360-1SUSE-SU-2017:1247-1SUSE-SU-2017:0575-1

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-2017-5897 updated cvss 3.7

kernel: ip6_gre: Invalid reads in ip6gre_err

  • 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
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    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

5.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

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