CVE-2017-15537

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-07-30

Description

The x86/fpu (Floating Point Unit) subsystem in the Linux kernel before4.13.5, 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.

See more information about CVE-2017-15537 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.1	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4071	2018-04-18
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2018-4071	2018-04-18
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2018-0035	2018-04-18

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