CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-13694
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-08-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The acpi_ps_complete_final_op() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 does not flush the node and node_ext caches and causes a kernel stack dump, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism (in the kernel through 4.9) via a crafted ACPI table.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.12.9)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100500 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278 github.com
- https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278/commits/4a0243ecb4c94e2d73510d096c5ea4d0711fc6c0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9806085/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100500 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278/commits/4a0243ecb4c94e2d73510d096c5ea4d0711fc6c0 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9806085/ Patch, Third Party Advisory