CVE-2018-17972
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2018
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 3, 2018
Description
An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3821-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3835-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:0512vendor-advisory
- USN-3880-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3871-5vendor-advisory
- USN-3871-4vendor-advisory
- 105525vdb-entry
- USN-3880-2vendor-advisory
- USN-3832-1vendor-advisory
- USN-3821-2vendor-advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=153806242024956&w=2
- USN-3871-1vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:0514vendor-advisory
- USN-3871-3vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190315 [SECURITY] [DLA 1715-1] linux-4.9 security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190327 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security updatemailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20190401 [SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression updatemailing-list
- RHSA-2019:0831vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1407vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2473vendor-advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K27673650?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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