Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.10.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.57% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006553
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 May 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 May 2017

CVE-2017-9150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.10.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The do_check function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not make the allow_ptr_leaks value available for restricting the output of the print_bpf_insn function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive address information via crafted bpf system calls.

CVSS Base Scores

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