vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2018-11508: kernel: Missing initialization in kernel/compat.c:compat_get_timex() allows local attacker to obtain possibly sensitive information via adjtimex

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
May 28, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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