CVE-2017-5967

Description

The time subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.9.9, when CONFIG_TIMER_STATS is enabled, allows local users to discover real PID values (as distinguished from PID values inside a PID namespace) by reading the /proc/timer_list file, related to the print_timer function in kernel/time/timer_list.c and the __timer_stats_timer_set_start_info function in kernel/time/timer.c.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
• v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.03%• Percentile: 8%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

  The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

• linux•linux_kernel

  ≤ 4.9.9

References (3)

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dfb4357da6ddbdf57d583ba64361c9d792b0e0b1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96271
• https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=193921