| Name | CVE-2017-13693 |
| Description | The acpi_ds_create_operands() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/dsutils.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 does not flush the operand cache and causes a kernel stack dump, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory and bypass the KASLR protection mechanism (in the kernel through 4.9) via a crafted ACPI table. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| acpica-unix (PTS) | stretch | 20160831-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 20181213-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 20200925-1.2 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 20200925-6 | fixed | |
| linux (PTS) | stretch | 4.9.228-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.272-2 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 4.19.194-1 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.194-3 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 5.10.46-4 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye (security) | 5.10.46-5 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 5.14.6-2 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 5.14.6-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| acpica-unix | source | (unstable) | 20180209-1 | unimportant | ||
| linux | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant |
https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9919053/
non-issue/no relevant security impact