CVE-2017-11472
Published
CVSS v3
N/A
CVSS v2
3.6
LOW
Affected
2
PROJECTS
Description
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.
The ACPI Component Architecture (ACPICA) project provides an open-source operating system-independent implementation of the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface specification (ACPI). For detailed project information and downloads, go to https://www.acpica.org. For ACPICA contributor and source code licensing information, go to
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