vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2018-17972: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Oct 3, 2018 | Mar 14, 2019 | Mar 3, 2021 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 3, 2018
Added
Mar 14, 2019
Modified
Mar 3, 2021
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.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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