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CVE-2017-14489 json

The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of…

published 2017-09-15 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5992

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 67%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The iscsi_if_rx function in drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_iscsi.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.2 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by leveraging incorrect length validation.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.12.13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14489

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-142.191
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-98.121
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1039.48
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1033.33
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1009.14
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1005.7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14489

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.95-21.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.95-21.1
  • kernel-rt_debug SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.95-21.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 12 SP2 4.4.95-21.1
  • kernel-ec2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.18.1
  • kernel-pae SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.18.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.18.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.18.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:3267-1SUSE-SU-2017:3265-1SUSE-SU-2017:3165-1SUSE-SU-2017:2869-1SUSE-SU-2017:2847-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-14489 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: scsi: nlmsg is not properly parsed in iscsi_if_rx function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42932)

Exploit prediction

1.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 67% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42932 Linux Kernel < 4.14.rc3 - Local Denial of Service dos, 2017-10-02

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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