[SECURITY] [DSA 3981-1] linux security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3981-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso September 20, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

CVE-2017-14156

The atyfbioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfbbase.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...

CVE-2017-14156

Summary: CVE-2017-14156 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.12.10. The atyfb_ioctl function in drivers/video/fbdev/aty/atyfb_base.c does not initialize a certain data structure, allowing local attackers to read padding bytes from kernel stack memory and disclose sensitive information. Impact: inform...