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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-05T06:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:40.695Z

Reserved: 2017-09-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14140

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-05T06:29:00.273

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:12:13.410

Link: CVE-2017-14140

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14140 - Bugzilla