CVE-2017-14954 Information

Description

The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases which allows local users to obtain sensitive information and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism via a crafted system call.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6c85501f2fabcfc4fc6ed976543d252c4eaf4be9 https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c85501f2fabcfc4fc6ed976543d252c4eaf4be9 https://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploits/wait_for_kaslr_to_be_effective.c https://twitter.com/_argp/status/914021130712870912 https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/914079864478666753

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5