CVE-2017-11473

Public on 2017-07-20
Modified on 2017-11-03
Description
Buffer overflow in the mp_override_legacy_irq() function in arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ACPI table.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2017-08-17 ALAS-2017-870 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H