Medium severity5.9NVD Advisory· Published May 21, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-1108
CVE-2018-1108
Description
kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.
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Affected products
2- kernel/driversv5Range: kernel 4.17-rc1
Patches
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References
9- www.securityfocus.com/bid/104055nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3718-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3718-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvdThird Party Advisory
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