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Debian: CVE-2017-14156: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-14156: linux -- security update

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
09/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/25/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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