Linux kernel ACPI-centric CVE-2017-13694: Awaiting Analysis

CVE-2017-13694
Source: MITRE
Last Modified: 08/25/2017
CVE-2017-13694

This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.

The acpi_ps_complete_final_op() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/psobject.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 does not flush the node and node_ext caches 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.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13694

https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278/commits/4a0243ecb4c94e2d73510d096c5ea4d0711fc6c0
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9806085/

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