CVE-2017-7889

Name	CVE-2017-7889
Description	The mm subsystem in the Linux kernel through 3.2 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1099-1, DSA-3945-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.16.84-1	fixed
	stretch (security)	4.9.320-2	fixed
	stretch (lts), stretch	4.9.320-3	fixed
	buster (security), buster, buster (lts)	4.19.316-1	fixed
	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.226-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.115-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.112-1	fixed
	trixie	6.11.7-1	fixed
	sid	6.11.9-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	wheezy	3.2.93-1	DLA-1099-1
linux	source	jessie	3.16.43-2+deb8u3	DSA-3945-1
linux	source	(unstable)	4.9.25-1

Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/a4866aa812518ed1a37d8ea0c881dc946409de94 (v4.11-rc7)