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Unscored CVE-2017-15537 EUVD-2017-6989GHSA-hgc2-77r9-87cw

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 xsav…

Published Oct 17, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 4.13.10-1 —
Debian 13 linux 4.13.10-1 —
Debian 12 linux 4.13.10-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux 4.4.0-98.121 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-aws 4.4.0-1039.48 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.13.0-1005.7 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.13.0-1002.5 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-gke 4.4.0-1033.33 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.4.0-1009.14 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1076.84 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1078.83 USN-3469-1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-98.121~14.04.1 USN-3469-2

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek +5 4.1.12-124.14.1.el7uek ELSA-2018-4071

Advisories 3

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