{ "CVE_data_meta" : { "ASSIGNER" : "cve@mitre.org", "ID" : "CVE-2017-7889", "STATE" : "PUBLIC" }, "affects" : { "vendor" : { "vendor_data" : [ { "product" : { "product_data" : [ { "product_name" : "n/a", "version" : { "version_data" : [ { "version_value" : "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name" : "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format" : "MITRE", "data_type" : "CVE", "data_version" : "4.0", "description" : { "description_data" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 4.10.10 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." } ] }, "problemtype" : { "problemtype_data" : [ { "description" : [ { "lang" : "eng", "value" : "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references" : { "reference_data" : [ { "url" : "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94" }, { "url" : "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/16/4" }, { "url" : "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94" }, { "url" : "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3945" }, { "url" : "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97690" } ] } }