UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7889
The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file, related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file, related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7889
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3312-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3312-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3314-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7889