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| Description |
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It has been discovered that kernel/bpf/verifier.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging improper use of pointers in place of scalars. |
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| References |
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https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1454 |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/21/2 |
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https://git.kernel.org/linus/179d1c5602997fef5a940c6ddcf31212cbfebd14 |
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| Notes |
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Workaround by disabling unprivileged bpf: |
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sysctl -w kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled=1 |
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