CVE-2017-17864
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-12-23 17:00
Modified
2024-08-05 21:06
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
0.06% (0.14235)
Summary
kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles states_equal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWN_VALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patch?h=stretch-securityThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/tree/debian/patches/bugfix/all/bpf-verifier-fix-states_equal-comparison-of-pointer-and-unknown.patch?h=stretch-securityThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073Third Party Advisory
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