CVE-2017-9075: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The sctp_v6_create_accept_sk function in net/sctp/ipv6.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.1 mishandles inheritance, which allows local users to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls, a related issue to CVE-2017-8890.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 3.2.89 (fixed in 3.2.89); from 3.3, before 3.16.44 (fixed in 3.16.44); from 3.17, before 3.18.56 (fixed in 3.18.56); from 3.19, before 4.1.42 (fixed in 4.1.42); from 4.2, before 4.4.71 (fixed in 4.4.71); from 4.5, before 4.9.31 (fixed in 4.9.31); …

Published 2017-05-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.