CVE-2017-14140
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14140
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14140.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-14140
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-09-05T06:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0676
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/197e7e521384a23b9e585178f3f11c9fa08274b9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100876
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/