CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-11508
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-28
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
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.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 4.16.9)
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 17.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9 Release Notes, Vendor Advisory