CVE-2017-14140 (GCVE-0-2017-14140)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-05 06:00
Modified
2024-08-05 19:20
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.
References
cve@mitre.org http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
cve@mitre.org http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100876
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
cve@mitre.org https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
cve@mitre.org https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
cve@mitre.org https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100876
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
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