ghsa-p5mv-cxgx-vhg7
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Published
2022-05-13 01:12
Modified
2025-04-20 03:36
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-7889"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-732"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-04-17T00:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "GHSA-p5mv-cxgx-vhg7",
  "modified": "2025-04-20T03:36:10Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:12:14Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7889"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b8f254aa17f720053054c4ecff3920973a83b9d6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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