CVE-2017-14991

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.

• CWE-200

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/
• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.4Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101187Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/3e0097499839e0fe3af380410eababe5a47c4cf9Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

Published

Oct 4, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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