Insecure move_pages System Call Allows Memory Layout Disclosure in Linux Kernel

CVE-2017-14140 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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.

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