CVE-2018-16658 (Medium) detected in linuxv3.11

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CVE-2018-16658 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - linuxv3.11

Dave Jiang fork of linux.git

Library home page: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/djiang/linux.git

Found in HEAD commit: ac11c9631a8abeed315b67913aab3ba7a400aef3

Found in base branch: cosmic-experimental-1.6

Vulnerable Source Files (2)

android_kernel_samsung_a3xelte/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
android_kernel_samsung_a3xelte/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

Publish Date: 2018-09-07

URL: CVE-2018-16658

CVSS 3 Score Details (6.1)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Local
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: Low
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: Low
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16658

Release Date: 2018-09-07

Fix Resolution: 4.18.6

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