cve/2017/CVE-2017-17857.md

### [CVE-2017-17857](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17857)
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### Description

The check_stack_boundary function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2

#### Github
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