critical
CVE-2017-5897
kernel: ip6_gre: Invalid reads in ip6gre_err
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Oracle (high), Red Hat (low), Ubuntu (low).
Description
The ip6gre_err function in net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c in the Linux kernel allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving GRE flags in an IPv6 packet, which trigger an out-of-bounds access.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | kernel, kernel-debuginfo, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 and 9 more | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 12 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 13 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 14 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 8 | linux | 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 |
| echo | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek, kernel-uek, kernel-uek-debug and 4 more | 0.5.3-2.el6 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 7 | dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek, kernel-uek, kernel-uek-debug and 4 more | 0.5.3-2.el7 and 1 more |
| Red Hat | bpftool, kernel, kernel-abi-whitelists and 23 more | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-linux | 4.9.13-1 |
Show all 78 entries from 19 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| amazon linux 1 | kernel | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-debuginfo | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-devel | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-doc | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-headers | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-tools | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-tools-debuginfo | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | kernel-tools-devel | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perf | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| amazon linux 1 | perf-debuginfo | 4.4.51-40.58.amzn1 |
| debian 11 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 12 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 13 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 14 | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| debian 8 | linux | 3.16.39-1+deb8u1 |
| echo | linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek | 0.5.3-2.el6 |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek-debug | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek-debug-devel | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek-devel | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek-doc | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 6 | kernel-uek-firmware | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el6uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | dtrace-modules-4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek | 0.5.3-2.el7 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-debug | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-debug-devel | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-devel | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-doc | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Oracle Linux 7 | kernel-uek-firmware | 4.1.12-61.1.33.el7uek |
| Red Hat | bpftool | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-abi-whitelists | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-bootwrapper | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-debug | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-debug-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-doc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-headers | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-kdump | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-kdump-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-debug | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-debug-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-debug-kvm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-doc | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-kvm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-trace | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-trace-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-rt-trace-kvm | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-tools | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-tools-libs | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | kernel-tools-libs-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | perf | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | python-perf | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-linux | 4.9.13-1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | linux | 3.13.0-157.207 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-75.96~14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | linux | 3.13.0-157.207 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | linux-lts-xenial | 4.4.0-75.96~14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux | 4.4.0-75.96 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-aws | 4.4.0-1016.25 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-gke | 4.4.0-1012.12 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-hwe | 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-hwe-edge | 4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-raspi2 | 4.4.0-1054.61 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1057.61 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | linux | 4.4.0-75.96 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | linux-aws | 4.4.0-1016.25 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | linux-hwe | 4.10.0-32.36~16.04.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | linux-hwe-edge | 4.10.0-27.30~16.04.2 |
| ubuntu 16.10 | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1057.61 |
| ubuntu 17.04 | linux-snapdragon | 4.4.0-1057.61 |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3791
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/07/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96037
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037794
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5897
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1419848
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/?id=7892032cfe67f4bde6fc2ee967e45a8fbaf33756
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git/commit/?id=7892032cfe67f4bde6fc2ee967e45a8fbaf33756
All 18 references
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-5897.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-3533.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5897
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-09-01
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3265-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3265-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5897