CVE-2017-11472
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 4.12.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 4.12.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 4.12.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 4.12.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 4.12.6-1 |
| linux-kernel | affected | |
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3b2d69114fefa474fca542e51119036dceb4aa6f
- https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/a23325b2e583556eae88ed3f764e457786bf4df6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b2d69114fefa474fca542e51119036dceb4aa6f
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11472.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11472
CWEs
CWE-755
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