cve/2017/CVE-2017-16996.md

### [CVE-2017-16996](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16996)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Linux%20kernel%20through%204.14.8&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=did%20not%20properly%20handle%20register%20truncation%20to%20a%20smaller%20size&color=brighgreen)

### Description

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 register truncation mishandling.

### POC

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

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.