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CVE-2017-15537 Detail

Description

The x86/fpu (Floating Point Unit) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, when a processor supports the xsave feature but not the xsaves feature, does not correctly handle attempts to set reserved bits in the xstate header via the ptrace() or rt_sigreturn() system call, allowing local users to read the FPU registers of other processes on the system, related to arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c and arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.5 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Hyperlink Resource
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5 Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
   Show Matching CPE(s) 		Up to (including)
4.13.4

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-15537
NVD Published Date:
10/17/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE