CVE-2017-17862: Debian Linux
Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 ignores unreachable code, even though it would still be processed by JIT compilers. This behavior, also considered an improper branch-pruning logic issue, could possibly be used by local users for denial of service.
Affected products
Published 2017-12-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.