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CVE-2017-14954 - log back

CVE-2017-14954 created at 25 Sep 2019 19:31:40
Severity	+ Medium
Remote	+ Local
Type	+ Information disclosure
Description	+ The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted system call.
References	+ https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c85501f2fabcfc4fc6ed976543d252c4eaf4be9 + https://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploits/wait_for_kaslr_to_be_effective.c
Notes	+ Introduced in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7e95a225901a5d2fd140f14b4302805cecc22da7