UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9150

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9150

    Published: 22 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-9150
    Aliases:
    USN-3345-1
    USN-3359-1
    USN-3361-1

    Summary:

    Details: The do_check function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11.1 does not make the allow_ptr_leaks value available for restricting the output of the print_bpf_insn function, which allows local users to obtain sensitive address information via crafted bpf system calls.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9150, https://git.kernel.org/linus/0d0e57697f162da4aa218b5feafe614fb666db07, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0d0e57697f162da4aa218b5feafe614fb666db07, http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.11.1, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1251, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0d0e57697f162da4aa218b5feafe614fb666db07, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3345-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3359-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3361-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3364-3, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9150

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-lts-xenial

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.4.0-87.110~14.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.4.0-13.29~14.04.1
    4.4.0-14.30~14.04.2
    4.4.0-15.31~14.04.1
    4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1
    4.4.0-21.37~14.04.1
    4.4.0-22.39~14.04.1
    4.4.0-22.40~14.04.1
    4.4.0-24.43~14.04.1
    4.4.0-28.47~14.04.1
    4.4.0-31.50~14.04.1
    4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1
    4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1
    4.4.0-38.57~14.04.1
    4.4.0-42.62~14.04.1
    4.4.0-45.66~14.04.1
    4.4.0-47.68~14.04.1
    4.4.0-51.72~14.04.1
    4.4.0-53.74~14.04.1
    4.4.0-57.78~14.04.1
    4.4.0-59.80~14.04.1
    4.4.0-62.83~14.04.1
    4.4.0-63.84~14.04.2
    4.4.0-64.85~14.04.1
    4.4.0-66.87~14.04.1
    4.4.0-67.88~14.04.1
    4.4.0-70.91~14.04.1
    4.4.0-71.92~14.04.1
    4.4.0-72.93~14.04.1
    4.4.0-75.96~14.04.1
    4.4.0-78.99~14.04.2
    4.4.0-79.100~14.04.1
    4.4.0-81.104~14.04.1
    4.4.0-83.106~14.04.1

    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
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