CVE-2017-14156

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    CVE-2017-14156

    Published: 5 Sept 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100634, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3981, https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150453196710422&w=2, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/pull/441, https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=150401461613306&w=2

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    Availability
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