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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14140
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3444-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3444-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14140