The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 does not properly enforce the CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM protection mechanism, which allows local users to read or write to kernel memory locations in the first megabyte (and bypass slab-allocation access restrictions) via an application that opens the /dev/mem file, related to arch/x86/mm/init.c and drivers/char/mem.c.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T16:19:28.575Z
Reserved: 2017-04-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-7889

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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-04-17T00:59:00.203
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:32:54.003
Link: CVE-2017-7889
