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CVE ID:CVE-2017-7889
Description: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.
Test IDs: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703945   1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891099  
Cross References: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-7889
BugTraq ID: 97690
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690
Debian Security Information: DSA-3945 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1842
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1842
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2077
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2077
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2669
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2669
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:1854
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1854
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/




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