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CVE-2017-14991
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-10-04T01:29:03.183 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:07:06.590

Summary

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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