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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-6467 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3469-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3469-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3754-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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Updated: 2024-08-05T19:42:22.551Z

Reserved: 2017-10-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-14991

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-10-04T01:29:03.183

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-14991

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-14991 - Bugzilla

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