Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.13.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.97% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005134
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-14954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.13.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted system call.

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