High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Jul 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-11472

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.

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Affected products

Linux/Kernel2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=4.11.9
- (no CPE)range: <4.12
osv-coords35 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3 pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_14&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012 pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_4&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3
< 4.4.90-92.45.1+ 34 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.3
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.90-92.45.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.92-6.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.88-18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-2.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/acpica/acpica/commit/a23325b2e583556eae88ed3f764e457786bf4df6nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3b2d69114fefa474fca542e51119036dceb4aa6fnvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/nvd
usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/nvd

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