CVE-2018-20511

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20511
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-12-27 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-01 21:29:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl call.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
net/appletalk: fix minor pointer leak to userspace in SIOCFINDIPDDPRT · torvalds/linux@9824dfa · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1731-2] linux regression update MLIST lists.debian.org
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.11 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
LKML: Greg Kroah-Hartman: [PATCH 4.18 03/88] net/appletalk: fix minor pointer leak to userspace in SIOCFINDIPDDPRT MISC lkml.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4118-1: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1731-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-4094-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Linux Kernel 'drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c ' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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