Information Exposure Affecting perf package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.el7

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher. This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-1062 .

Threat Intelligence

0.07% (22^nd percentile)

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Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PERF-2524410
published10 Apr 2022
disclosed5 Sept 2017

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Introduced: 5 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-14140 (opens in a new tab) CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 perf to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2018-1062.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perf package and not the perf package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.