CVE intelligence

CVE-2017-9986

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Jun 28, 2017Sources checked Nov 10, 2026

7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2017-9986 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Ubuntu Security Notices guidance

Vendor revision: Nov 10, 2026

This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - Ethernet bonding driver; - PCI subsystem; - SCSI subsystem; - Tracing infrastructure; - B.A.T.M.A.N.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.4%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2017-9986?

The intr function in sound/oss/msnd_pinnacle.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.7 allows local users to cause a denial of service (over-boundary access) or possibly have unspecified other impact by changing the value of a message queue head pointer between two kernel reads of that value, aka a "double fetch" vulnerability.

Source: NVD