CVE-2017-14991

kernel: Information leak in the scsi driver

Published Oct 3, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 7:42 PM
Reserved
Oct 3, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 4, 2017, 1:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:07 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 15, 2017, 12:00 AM