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Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2018-20855

CVE-2018-20855

LOW3.3

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4

Published Jul 26, 2019

Modified 1 years ago

Details

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In create_qp_common in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.

References

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.html

ADVISORY

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.html

WEB

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7

WEB

https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00

WEB

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00

WEB

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20855

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

3.3

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

LowPR:L

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

LowC:L

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

NoneA:N

3.3/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Timeline

PublishedJul 26, 2019

ModifiedAug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-20855 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence