CVE-2017-7889
The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file, related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.3 | 3.10.107 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.19 | 4.1.41 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.17 | 3.18.50 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.5 | 4.9.24 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.10 | 4.10.12 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.11 | 3.12.74 |
| linux / linux_kernel | - | 3.2.91 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 3.13 | 3.16.46 |
| linux / linux_kernel | 4.2 | 4.4.63 |
| debian / debian_linux | 8.0 | 8.0.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 14.04 | 14.04.x |
| canonical / ubuntu_linux | 12.04 | 12.04.x |
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=b8f254aa17f720053054c4ecff3920973a83b9d6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
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