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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-14140): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2017-14140): Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/11/2017
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-142-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1008-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1032-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1038-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1075-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1077-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-97-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-trusty
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

References

  • USN-3265-1
  • USN-3265-2
  • USN-3312-1
  • USN-3312-2
  • USN-3314-1
  • USN-3361-1
  • USN-3444-1
  • USN-3444-2
  • USN-3469-1
  • USN-3469-2
  • USN-3485-1
  • USN-3485-2
  • USN-3485-3
  • USN-3487-1
  • USN-3581-1
  • USN-3581-2
  • USN-3581-3
  • USN-3582-1
  • USN-3582-2
  • USN-3583-1
  • USN-3583-2
  • USN-3617-1
  • USN-3617-2
  • USN-3617-3
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3632-1
  • DSA-3981
  • 100876
  • RHSA-2018:0676
  • RHSA-2018:1062
  • CVE-2017-14140
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