vulnerability
Arch Linux: Information disclosure (CVE-2017-17864)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Dec 23, 2017 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 23, 2017
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
It has been discovered that kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.9 and 4.9.73 mishandles states_equal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWN_VALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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