The atyfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.10 does not initialize a certain data structure, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel stack memory by reading locations associated with padding bytes.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-09-05T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:20:41.324Z

Reserved: 2017-09-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14156

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-09-05T17:29:00.200

Modified: 2018-03-16T01:29:05.030

Link: CVE-2017-14156

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-08-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14156 - Bugzilla