CVE-2017-6214 (GCVE-0-2017-6214)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-23 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25
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Summary
The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and soft lockup) via vectors involving a TCP packet with the URG flag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-02-18 00:00
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