SB2017072813 - Ubuntu update for linux-hwe
Published: July 28, 2017 Updated: October 31, 2026
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9900)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The ethtool_get_wol function in net/core/ethtool.c in the Linux kernel through 4.7, as used in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5 and 7 (2013) devices, does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28803952 and Qualcomm internal bug CR570754.
2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000380)
CWE-ID: CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
CVSSv4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in the sound/core/timer.c code due to a race condition that exists in the timing functionality of the ALSA/dev/snd/timer driver when a read and an ioctl system call happens simultaneously. A local attacker can cause uninitialized memory from the kernel heap to be copied to user space and read kernel-space memory.
3) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-7346)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists due to the failure to validate certain levels data. A local attacker can use a specially crafted ioctl call for a /dev/dri/renderD device to cause the system to hang.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
4) Information exposure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9605)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to information exposure error within the vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl() function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c. A local user can gain access to sensitive information.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.