CVE-2017-7889
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-04-17 00:00
Modified
2024-08-05 16:19
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b8f254aa17f720053054c4ecff3920973a83b9d6Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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