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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.1
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade linux | Jul 30, 2024 | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade gfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade cluster-network-kmp-defaultUpgrade dlm-kmp-defaultUpgrade ocfs2-kmp-defaultUpgrade cluster-md-kmp-default | Sep 15, 2017 | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1016-awsUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1054-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1086-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1020-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-powerpc-e500Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-3.13.0-157-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-119-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1088-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-kvm | Apr 25, 2018 | Jul 20, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jul 20, 2017 |
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