Linux Kernel Error Handling Bug in mempolicy() and mbind compat() System Calls Lets Local Users View Portions of System Memory on the Target System
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1038503 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1038503
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2017-7616
(Links to External Site)
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Date: May 17 2017
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in the Linux kernel. A local user can obtain potentially sensitive information from system memory.
A local user can trigger an error handling flaw in the set_mempolicy() and mbind compat() system calls in 'mm/mempolicy.c' to obtain potentially sensitive information from uninitialized stack data on the target system.
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Impact:
A local user can obtain potentially sensitive information from system memory on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a source code fix, available at:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/cf01fb9985e8deb25ccf0ea54d916b8871ae0e62
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Vendor URL: www.kernel.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Exception handling error
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