CVE-2017-14954

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API Print: PDF PDF

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14954
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-02 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-06 14:06:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
argp na Twitterze: "Linux kernel 4.13 waitid(2) 144 bytes infoleak by spender: https://t.co/0yzDYK6uLM" MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
grsecurity na Twitterze: "The infoleak was neither inserted nor discovered by me, just the exploit (couple minutes of work, no big deal)… " MISC twitter.com Third Party Advisory
grsecurity.net/~spender/exploits/wait_for_kaslr_to_be_effective.c MISC grsecurity.net Third Party Advisory
fix infoleak in waitid(2) · torvalds/linux@6c85501 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report