CVE-2017-14140

Description

The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesnt check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.071

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3444-2) linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic_4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3444-2) linux-image-4.4.0-97-generic_4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3444-2) linux-image-4.4.0-97-lowlatency_4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1_i386.debLinux
Linux hardware enablement kernel from Xenial for Trusty (USN-3444-2) linux-image-4.4.0-97-lowlatency_4.4.0-97.120~14.04.1_amd64.debLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.6.el6uek update (ELSA-2018-4089) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.6.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.6.el7uek update (ELSA-2018-4089) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.20.6.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el6uek update (ELSA-2018-4109) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el6uek-0.4.5-3.el6.x86_64.rpmLinux
Dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el7uek update (ELSA-2018-4109) dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.21.1.el7uek-0.4.5-3.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234