CVE-2018-1000204
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2018-06-26 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
Description
Linux Kernel version 3.18 to 4.16 incorrectly handles an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp. This may lead to copying up to 1000 kernel heap pages to the userspace. This has been fixed upstream in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 already. The problem has limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the Nero user manual suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that the requirement for an attacker to have both the CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO capabilities makes it "virtually impossible to exploit.
See more information about CVE-2018-1000204 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.1 |
| Vector String: | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 3.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Privileges Required: | High |
| User Interaction: | None |
| Scope: | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality Impact: | High |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50112 | 2026-02-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4301 | 2018-12-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2018-4300 | 2018-12-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el6uek) | ELSA-2019-4316 | 2019-01-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4288 | 2018-11-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4300 | 2018-12-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4301 | 2018-12-09 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4316 | 2019-01-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.28.1.el7uek) | ELSA-2018-4300 | 2018-12-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.29.1.el7uek) | ELSA-2019-4316 | 2019-01-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4288 | 2018-11-28 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2018-4300 | 2018-12-06 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2019-4316 | 2019-01-04 |
| Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50113 | 2026-02-15 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50112 | 2026-02-20 |
| Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek) | ELSA-2026-50113 | 2026-02-15 |
| Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek) | OVMSA-2018-0284 | 2018-11-28 |
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