EUVD-2017-6989

Malware in sbrugna...

CVE-2017-15537: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

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 rtsigreturn system call, allowing local users to read...

PT-2017-14092

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 4.13.5 Description The issue concerns the x86/fpu subsystem in the Linux kernel, which does not correctly handle attempts to set reserved bits in the xstate header via the ptrace or rt sigreturn system call when ...