CVE-2017-14156
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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.0 5.5 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2017-09-05
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Affected products
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100634
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
