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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-10940): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-10940): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
05/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/13/2018
Modified
08/25/2021

Description

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-3-13-0-157-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1010-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1011-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1012-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1013-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1014-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1014-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1016-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1016-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-1018-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-24-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-24-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-24-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-24-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-29-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-29-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-29-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-15-0-29-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1023-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1027-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1061-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1091-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-1094-snapdragon
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-4-4-0-128-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16-04
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenial
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-snapdragon

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