# CVE-2017-14954: The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases, which all

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2017-10-01 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The waitid implementation in kernel/exit.c in the Linux kernel through 4.13.4 accesses rusage data structures in unintended cases, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information, and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism, via a crafted system call.

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## References

- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6c85501f2fabcfc4fc6ed976543d252c4eaf4be9
- https://grsecurity.net/~spender/exploits/wait_for_kaslr_to_be_effective.c
- https://twitter.com/grsecurity/status/914079864478666753
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6c85501f2fabcfc4fc6ed976543d252c4eaf4be9
- https://twitter.com/_argp/status/914021130712870912
- https://github.com/echo-devim/exploit_linux_kernel4.13

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