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SUSE: CVE-2017-17864: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-17864: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/27/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/09/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 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(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:0383-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0416-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0482-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:0986-1
  • SUSE-SU-2021:3935-1
  • 102320
  • 1040059
  • USN-3523-1
  • USN-3523-2
  • USN-3523-3
  • DSA-4073
  • CVE-2017-17864
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