CVE-2017-17053
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 29, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 28, 2017
Description
The init_new_context function in arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not correctly handle errors from LDT table allocation when forking a new process, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program. This vulnerability only affected kernels built with CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL=y.
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Weaknesses
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Affected Products
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References
- 102010vdb-entry
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ccd5b3235180eef3cfec337df1c8554ab151b5cc
- RHSA-2018:0676vendor-advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ccd5b3235180eef3cfec337df1c8554ab151b5cc
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