CVE-2017-14954 (GCVE-0-2017-14954)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-10-01 03:00
Modified
2024-09-17 00:50
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted system call.
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