CVE-2017-18344

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18344
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-26 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-15 13:28:00 UTC
DescriptionThe timer_create syscall implementation in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 doesn't properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which leads to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function (called when /proc/$PID/timers is read). This allows userspace applications to read arbitrary kernel memory (on a kernel built with CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS and CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.3 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Mrg Realtime 2.0 All All All
Application Redhat Mrg Realtime 2.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Linux Kernel 4.14.7 (Ubuntu 16.04 / CentOS 7) - (KASLR & SMEP Bypass) Arbitrary File Read EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3742-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.8 MISC cdn.kernel.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3742-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel show_timer() Input Validation Flaw Lets Local Users View Portions of System Memory on the Target System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
posix-timer: Properly check sigevent->sigev_notify · torvalds/linux@cef31d9 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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