Critical severity9.8OSV Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-19333

Description

pkg/sentry/kernel/shm/shm.go in Google gVisor before 2018-11-01 allows attackers to overwrite memory locations in processes running as root (but not escape the sandbox) via vectors involving IPC_RMID shmctl calls, because reference counting is mishandled.

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Affected products

Google/GvisorOSV2 versions
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- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <2018-11-01

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/google/gvisor/commit/0e277a39c8b6f905e289b75e8ad0594e6b3562canvdPatchThird Party Advisory
justi.cz/security/2018/11/14/gvisor-lpe.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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