CVE-2018-17972

CVE Details

Release Date:

2018-10-03

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.

See more information about CVE-2018-17972 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.5	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	None

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4577	2019-03-12
Oracle Linux version 6 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.30.1.el6uek)	ELSA-2019-4532	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel)	ELSA-2019-2473	2019-08-14
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4531	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4532	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 6 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4577	2019-03-12
Oracle Linux version 7 (dtrace-modules-3.8.13-118.30.1.el7uek)	ELSA-2019-4532	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel)	ELSA-2019-0512	2019-03-13
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4531	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4532	2019-02-06
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2019-4541	2019-02-12
Oracle VM version 3.4 (kernel-uek)	OVMSA-2019-0007	2019-02-07

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