CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. It affects Linux.
CVE
CVE-2017-12153
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.47%
Linux
Original NVD Description
A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
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