| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux (PTS) | jessie | 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 3.16.72-1 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4.9.168-1 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security) | 4.9.168-1+deb9u5 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 4.19.37-5 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 4.19.37-5+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 4.19.37-6 | fixed | |
| sid | 5.2.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux | source | (unstable) | 4.16.5-1 | medium | ||
| linux | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| linux | source | wheezy | (not affected) |
[stretch] - linux <ignored> (Can't be fixed without many user-space changes)
[jessie] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[wheezy] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
Fixed by: https://git.kernel.org/linus/43838a23a05fbd13e47d750d3dfd77001536dd33
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1559