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CVE-2017-14156

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CVE-2017-14156

Published: Sep 5, 2017

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

USN-3583-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-3981
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
USN-3583-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
100634
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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