Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.12.10)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005964
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed25 Aug 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 25 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-13693  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.12.10 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The acpi_ds_create_operands() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 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.

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