Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

29 Linux Kernel CVEs in February 2017

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In February 2017, 29 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical, 17 were rated High severity and 11 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. February's 29 CVEs represent 5% of all 2017 Linux kernel CVEs , up from January's 3 (a 867% month-over-month increase) .

29
Total CVEs
1
Critical
17
High
11
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — February 2017 29 CVEs
All (29) Critical (1) High (17) Medium (11) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2016-10150 linux Critical 9.8 2017-02-06 Use-after-free vulnerability in the kvm_ioctl_create_device function in virt/kvm/kvm_main.c in the Linux kernel before …
CVE-2017-2583 linux High 8.4 2017-02-06 The load_segment_descriptor implementation in arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.5 improperly emulat…
CVE-2017-5669 linux High 7.8 2017-02-24 The do_shmat function in ipc/shm.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.12 does not restrict the address calculated by a cer…
CVE-2016-8636 linux High 7.8 2017-02-22 Integer overflow in the mem_check_range function in drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_mr.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.1…
CVE-2017-6074 linux High 7.8 2017-02-18 The dccp_rcv_state_process function in net/dccp/input.c in the Linux kernel through 4.9.11 mishandles DCCP_PKT_REQUEST …
CVE-2016-1881 linux High 7.8 2017-02-15 The kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially gain p…
CVE-2016-1880 linux High 7.8 2017-02-15 The Linux compatibility layer in the kernel in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, and 10.2 allows local users to read portions of kerne…
CVE-2014-9914 linux High 7.8 2017-02-07 Race condition in the ip4_datagram_release_cb function in net/ipv4/datagram.c in the Linux kernel before 3.15.2 allows …
CVE-2016-10044 linux High 7.8 2017-02-07 The aio_mount function in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.7.7 does not properly restrict execute access, which ma…
CVE-2016-10153 linux High 7.8 2017-02-06 The crypto scatterlist API in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK opti…
CVE-2017-5546 linux High 7.8 2017-02-06 The freelist-randomization feature in mm/slab.c in the Linux kernel 4.8.x and 4.9.x before 4.9.5 allows local users to …
CVE-2017-5548 linux High 7.8 2017-02-06 drivers/net/ieee802154/atusb.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK …
CVE-2017-5576 linux High 7.8 2017-02-06 Integer overflow in the vc4_get_bcl function in drivers/gpu/drm/vc4/vc4_gem.c in the VideoCore DRM driver in the Linux …
CVE-2017-5547 linux High 7.8 2017-02-06 drivers/hid/hid-corsair.c in the Linux kernel 4.9.x before 4.9.6 interacts incorrectly with the CONFIG_VMAP_STACK optio…
CVE-2017-6214 linux High 7.5 2017-02-23 The tcp_splice_read function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.9.11 allows remote attackers to cause a den…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2017?

29 Linux kernel CVEs were published in February 2017, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated Critical severity, 17 High, and 11 Medium.

How does February 2017 compare to other months?

February 2017's 29 CVEs represent 5% of all 2017 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to January's 3 CVEs, this was a 867% increase month-over-month. View the full 2017 breakdown →

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