CVE-2017-14991
Moderate
CVE-2017-14991
The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
October 4, 2017
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2017-14991
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The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/