CVE-2017-11472
Published Jul 20, 2017
Last updated 5 years ago
Overview
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.1
- Impact score
- 5.2
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 3.6
- Impact score
- 4.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-755
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
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