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Debian: CVE-2018-6412: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-6412: linux -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/31/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/25/2019
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

In the function sbusfb_ioctl_helper() in drivers/video/fbdev/sbuslib.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15, an integer signedness error allows arbitrary information leakage for the FBIOPUTCMAP_SPARC and FBIOGETCMAP_SPARC commands.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

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