CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14156
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-05
- 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 atyfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading locations associated with padding bytes.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (<= 4.12.10)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100634 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ usn.ubuntu.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100634 www.securityfocus.com
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ usn.ubuntu.com
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/ usn.ubuntu.com