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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14140 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14140

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.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published September 5, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

126 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

39 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

20 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

5 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gke

17 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

37 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

61 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related USN-3583-2

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14140

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.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence