Description
The x86/fpu (Floating Point Unit) subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, when a processor supports the xsave feature but not the xsaves feature, does not correctly handle attempts to set reserved bits in the xstate header via the ptrace() or rt_sigreturn() system call, allowing local users to read the FPU registers of other processes on the system, related to arch/x86/kernel/fpu/regset.c and arch/x86/kernel/fpu/signal.c.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e
Release Notes, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.5
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=814fb7bb7db5433757d76f4c4502c96fc53b0b5e
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0005
EPSS Percentile
14.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-200
Status
published
Products (1)
linux/linux_kernel
< 4.13.4
Published
Oct 17, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026