CVE-2017-17857 - log back

CVE-2017-17857 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity
+ Medium
Remote
+ Local
Type
+ Denial of service
Description
+ The check_stack_boundary function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging mishandling of invalid variable stack read operations.
References
+ https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454
+ http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2
+ https://git.kernel.org/linus/ea25f914dc164c8d56b36147ecc86bc65f83c469
Notes
+ Workaround by disabling unprivileged bpf:
+ sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1