vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2017-17864: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Dec 27, 2017
Added
Feb 9, 2018
Modified
Feb 4, 2022

Description

kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.8 mishandles states_equal comparisons between the pointer data type and the UNKNOWN_VALUE data type, which allows local users to obtain potentially sensitive address information, aka a "pointer leak."

Solutions

suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-basesuse-upgrade-kernel-defaultsuse-upgrade-kernel-default-extrasuse-upgrade-kernel-default-mansuse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azuresuse-upgrade-kernel-docssuse-upgrade-kernel-obs-buildsuse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

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