CVE-2017-11472

N/A
Published: July 20, 2017 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:01 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 4.11.9

References (6)

x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/a23325b2e583556eae88ed3f764e457786bf4df6
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b2d69114fefa474fca542e51119036dceb4aa6f
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-755

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