Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-13695
CVE-2017-13695
Description
The acpi_ns_evaluate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nseval.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 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.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
7- github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/296/commits/37f2c716f2c6ab14c3ba557a539c3ee3224931b5nvdIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850567/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100497nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3762-1/nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/3762-2/nvd
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