A security flaw was discovered in the nl80211_set_rekey_data() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.3. This function does not check whether the required attributes are present in a Netlink request. This request can be issued by a user with the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability and may result in a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.
CVE-2017-12153
Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4(medium)
- EPSS
- 37.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 21, 2017
Last Modified
May 13, 2026
References (18)
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046
- secalert@redhathttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888
- secalert@redhathttps://marc.info/?t=150525503100001&r=1&w=2
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- secalert@redhathttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/437
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100855
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058410
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1491046
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jberg/mac80211.git/commit/?id=e785fa0a164aa11001cba931367c7f94ffaff888
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
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| ubuntu | linux-image-raspi2 (4.13.0.1006.4) @ artful | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-generic-lts-trusty (3.13.0.142.133) @ precise | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic (4.4.0-98.121~14.04.1) @ trusty | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-extra-3.13.0-142-generic (3.13.0-142.191) @ trusty | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-extra-4.4.0-98-generic (4.4.0-98.121) @ xenial | 2026-05-22 | ubuntu |
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