---
id: 8715
title: "[CVE-2017-7308] Exploiting the Linux kernel via packet sockets"
cve: CVE-2017-7308
source_domain: projectzero.google
source_url: "https://projectzero.google/2017/05/exploiting-linux-kernel-via-packet.html"
published_at: "2017-05-10T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["fuzzing", "linux", "privilege-escalation", "kernel", "cve-2017-7308", "packet-sockets", "syzkaller"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8715"
lang: en
---

# [CVE-2017-7308] Exploiting the Linux kernel via packet sockets

## Summary

A guest post describing CVE-2017-7308, a signedness bug in Linux packet sockets leading to a heap out-of-bounds write and local privilege escalation, found via syzkaller.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** projectzero.google
- **CVE:** CVE-2017-7308
- **Published:** 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://projectzero.google/2017/05/exploiting-linux-kernel-via-packet.html
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8715