CVE-2018-7566

Summary

CVECVE-2018-7566
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-30 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Linux kernel 4.15 has a Buffer Overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.15 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.15 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor 16.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor 16.2.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor 16.1.0 All All All
Application Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor 16.2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12 All All All
Application Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4188-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3631-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2018:0834-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3631-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
USN-3798-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3798-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
DCIM Support CONFIRM help.ecostruxureit.com Third Party Advisory
[alsa-devel] [PATCH] ALSA: seq: Fix racy pool initializations MLIST mailman.alsa-project.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4187-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1550142 – (CVE-2018-7566) CVE-2018-7566 kernel: race condition in snd_seq_write() may lead to UAF or OOB-access CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'snd_seq_write()' Function Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com Patch, 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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