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Debian: CVE-2018-8781: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-8781: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
04/23/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/02/2018
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

The udl_fb_mmap function in drivers/gpu/drm/udl/udl_fb.c at the Linux kernel version 3.4 and up to and including 4.15 has an integer-overflow vulnerability allowing local users with access to the udldrmfb driver to obtain full read and write permissions on kernel physical pages, resulting in a code execution in kernel space.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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