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CVE-2017-14991 (GCVE-0-2017-14991)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-03 07:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:42
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Summary
The sg_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sg.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.4 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized kernel heap-memory locations via an SG_GET_REQUEST_TABLE ioctl call for /dev/sg0.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-10-03 00:00
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