The acpi_ns_evaluate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nseval.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.9 does not flush the operand cache and…

Description

The acpi_ns_evaluate() function in drivers/acpi/acpica/nseval.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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.44% · top 62% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-200 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-200 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• USN-3696-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-3762-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 100497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• USN-3762-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• USN-3696-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• https://github.com/acpica/acpica/pull/296/commits/37f2c716f2c6ab14c3ba557a539c3ee3224931b5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9850567/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 19:05 UTC.