PT-2017-2391 · Linux +1 · Linux Kernel +1

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux Kernel versions prior to 4.11.5 Description: The issue is caused by a minimal memory range between the upper boundary of the stack and the PIE binary segment in memory, starting at 0x40000000. This can be exploited by a local attacker t...

PT-2017-2390 · Linux +3 · Linux +3

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux affected versions not specified Description: The issue is caused by a minimal memory range between the upper boundary of the stack and the PIE binary code segment located in memory starting at 0x80000000. This occurs when the RLIMIT STA...

Code injection

The dotaskstat function in fs/proc/array.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39-rc1 does not perform an expected uid check, which makes it easier for local users to defeat the ASLR protection mechanism by reading the startcode and endcode fields in the /proc//stat file for a process executing a PIE...