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FKIE_CVE-2017-11473

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-07-20 04:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:01
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 3.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=70ac67826602edf8c0ccb413e5ba7eacf597a60cPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=96301209473afd3f2f274b91cb7082d161b9be65Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dad5ab0db8deac535d03e3fe3d8f2892173fa6a4Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100010Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0654Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=70ac67826602edf8c0ccb413e5ba7eacf597a60cPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=96301209473afd3f2f274b91cb7082d161b9be65Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=dad5ab0db8deac535d03e3fe3d8f2892173fa6a4Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2018-01-01Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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