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CVE-2017-8797

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 8.67% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-07-02 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-8797
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
8.67%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The NFSv4 server in the Linux kernel before 4.11.3 does not properly validate the layout type when processing the NFSv4 pNFS GETDEVICEINFO or LAYOUTGET operand in a UDP packet from a remote attacker. This type value is uninitialized upon encountering certain error conditions. This value is used as an array index for dereferencing, which leads to an OOPS and eventually a DoS of knfsd and a soft-lockup of the whole system.

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