Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

15 Linux Kernel CVEs in September 2017

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In September 2017, 15 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 11 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. September's 15 CVEs represent 7% of all 2017 Linux kernel CVEs , up from August's 12 (a 25% month-over-month increase) .

15
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
11
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — September 2017 15 CVEs
All (15) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (11) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2017-1000251 linux High 8.0 2017-09-12 The native Bluetooth stack in the Linux Kernel (BlueZ), starting at the Linux kernel version 2.6.32 and up to and inclu…
CVE-2017-14497 linux High 7.8 2017-09-15 The tpacket_rcv function in net/packet/af_packet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13 mishandles vnet headers, which might…
CVE-2017-12154 linux High 7.1 2017-09-26 The prepare_vmcs02 function in arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 does not ensure that the "CR8-load…
CVE-2017-12146 linux High 7.0 2017-09-08 The driver_override implementation in drivers/base/platform.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.1 allows local users to g…
CVE-2015-5327 linux Medium 6.5 2017-09-25 Out-of-bounds memory read in the x509_decode_time function in x509_cert_parser.c in Linux kernels 4.3-rc1 and after.
CVE-2017-12168 linux Medium 6.0 2017-09-20 The access_pmu_evcntr function in arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c in the Linux kernel before 4.8.11 allows privileged KVM gue…
CVE-2017-1000252 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-26 The KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3 allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (assertion fail…
CVE-2015-7837 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-19 The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt, and Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secu…
CVE-2017-14340 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-15 The XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE macro in fs/xfs/xfs_linux.h in the Linux kernel before 4.13.2 does not verify that a filesyst…
CVE-2017-14489 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-15 The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users t…
CVE-2017-14140 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-05 The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the tar…
CVE-2017-14156 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-05 The atyfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 does not initializ…
CVE-2017-14106 linux Medium 5.5 2017-09-01 The tcp_disconnect function in net/ipv4/tcp.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 allows local users to cause a denial of s…
CVE-2015-7553 linux Medium 4.7 2017-09-14 Race condition in the kernel in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, kernel-rt and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, when the nfnetlink_…
CVE-2017-12153 linux Medium 4.4 2017-09-21 A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel t…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2017?

15 Linux kernel CVEs were published in September 2017, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 11 Medium.

How does September 2017 compare to other months?

September 2017's 15 CVEs represent 7% of all 2017 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to August's 12 CVEs, this was a 25% increase month-over-month. View the full 2017 breakdown →

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