The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 14, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Feb 2, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Sep 5, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 14, 2022
Last updated
Feb 2, 2023
The move_pages system call in mm/migrate.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 doesn't check the effective uid of the target process, enabling a local attacker to learn the memory layout of a setuid executable despite ASLR.
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