UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17052
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Summary:
Details: The mm_init function in kernel/fork.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.10 does not clear the ->exe_file member of a new process's mm_struct, allowing a local attacker to achieve a use-after-free or possibly have unspecified other impact by running a specially crafted program.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17052, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b7e8665b4ff51c034c55df3cff76518d1a9ee3a, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.12.10, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17052
Affected packages
Package
Name: linux-azure
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -4.13.0-1005.7
Affected versions
4.11.0-1009.9
4.11.0-1011.11
4.11.0-1013.13
4.11.0-1014.14
4.11.0-1015.15
4.11.0-1016.16
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
