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CVE-2018-17972

Published: Oct 3, 2018

Modified: Aug 5, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

USN-3821-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3835-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:0512
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3880-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-5
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-4
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
105525
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
USN-3880-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3832-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3821-2
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
USN-3871-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:0514
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-3871-3
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
RHSA-2019:0831
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
openSUSE-SU-2019:1407
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
RHSA-2019:2473
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT

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