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DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18344

DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18344 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

The timer_create syscall implementation in kernel/time/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.8 doesn't properly validate the sigevent->sigev_notify field, which leads to out-of-bounds access in the show_timer function (called when /proc/$PID/timers is read). This allows userspace applications to read arbitrary kernel memory (on a kernel built with CONFIG_POSIX_TIMERS and CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE).

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jul 26, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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