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Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-16658: ELSA-2018-4227: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2018-16658: ELSA-2018-4227: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
09/27/2018
Modified
08/06/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel

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