Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-13694
CVE-2017-13694
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
4- github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278/commits/4a0243ecb4c94e2d73510d096c5ea4d0711fc6c0nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9806085/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100500nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/278nvd
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