CVE-2018-20855

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20855
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-07-26 05:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-20 15:31:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In create_qp_common in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Performance Analytics Services - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Performance Analytics Services - All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Data Availability Services - All All All
Application Netapp Data Availability Services - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Application Netapp Element Software - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7 MISC cdn.kernel.org Mailing List, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1924-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1923-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
IB/mlx5: Fix leaking stack memory to userspace · torvalds/linux@0625b4b · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
August 2019 Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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