Description
The Linux kernel before 4.8 allows local users to bypass ASLR on setuid programs (such as /bin/su) because install_exec_creds() is called too late in load_elf_binary() in fs/binfmt_elf.c, and thus the ptrace_may_access() check has a race condition when reading /proc/pid/stat.
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CVSS 3.0 4.7/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 12, 2019
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified