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high 7.8

CVE-2017-9725 json

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to wrong data type of size, allo…

published 2017-09-21 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18656

cvss
7.8
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 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In all Qualcomm products with Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, during DMA allocation, due to wrong data type of size, allocation size gets truncated which makes allocation succeed when it should fail.

Patch / fix

  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9725

  • linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1017.23

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9725

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  • kernel RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • python-perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-tools RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 7 3.10.0-862.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1062RHSA-2018:1170RHSA-2018:1130RHSA-2018:0676

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-2017-9725 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: Incorrect type conversion for size during dma allocation

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-862.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-862.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode EUS (v. 7.4) perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional EUS (v. 7.4) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0676
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-862.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1062
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, +6 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-862.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1062
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional EUS (v. 7.4) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-693.25.2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1130
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel 3.10.0-862.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-862.el7, kernel-abi-whitelists 3.10.0-862.el7, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-862.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1062
  • Red Hat MRG Realtime for RHEL 6 Server v.2 kernel-rt 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt, kernel-rt-vanilla 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt, kernel-rt-firmware 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-693.25.2.rt56.612.el6rt
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1170
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, kernel-tools-libs, +2 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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