UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14156
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14156
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3469-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3487-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3583-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14156