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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024

CVE-2018-17972

CVE-2018-17972

Description

An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.

Affected products

65

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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