Description
The acpi_ns_terminate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 does not flush the operand cache 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.
Published: 2017-07-20
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-3091 The acpi_ns_terminate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nsutils.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12 does not flush the operand cache 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3619-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3619-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3754-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:39.871Z

Reserved: 2017-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11472

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Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-20T04:29:00.283

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11472

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11472 - Bugzilla

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