github - ghsa-899p-w494-v855

ghsa-899p-w494-v855

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 03:50

Modified

2022-05-14 03:50

Severity ?

3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

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."

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cve-2017-17864

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-12-23 17:00

Modified

2024-08-05 21:06

Severity ?

Summary

References

▼	URL	Tags
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	https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/kernel/linux.git/commit/?h=stretch-security&id=ad775f6ff7eebb93eedc2f592bc974260e7757b0	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040059	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102320	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4073	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3523-2/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

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n/a

Version: n/a

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