CVE - CVE-2017-14156

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-14156	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:100634 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100634 DEBIAN:DSA-3981 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981 MISC:https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441 MISC:https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2 MISC:https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2 UBUNTU:USN-3583-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/ UBUNTU:USN-3583-2 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20170905	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170905)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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