Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-20511
CVE-2018-20511
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl call.
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Affected products
2- Range: <4.18.11
- Range: <4.18.11
Patches
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References
9- usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_MISC
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106347mitrevdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.11mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/9824dfae5741275473a23a7ed5756c7b6efacc9dmitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00034.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00004.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/27/480mitrex_refsource_MISC
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