CVE-2017-14156
N/A
Published: September 5, 2017 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:05 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 4.12.10
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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