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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-07-20T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T18:12:39.871Z

Reserved: 2017-07-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-11472

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-20T04:29:00.283

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:07:51.397

Link: CVE-2017-11472

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-11472 - Bugzilla