Information Exposure Affecting kernel-uek-doc package, versions <0:3.8.13-118.40.1.el7uek
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- published10 Apr 2022
- disclosed4 Oct 2017
Introduced: 4 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-14991 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Oracle:7 kernel-uek-doc to version 0:3.8.13-118.40.1.el7uek or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-4854.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-uek-doc package and not the kernel-uek-doc package as distributed by Oracle.
See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2017-14991.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4823.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4854.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-4855.html
- 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/