CVE-2018-17972

NameCVE-2018-17972
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1715-1, DLA-1731-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
linux (PTS)bullseye5.10.223-1fixed
bullseye (security)5.10.226-1fixed
bookworm6.1.115-1fixed
bookworm (security)6.1.119-1fixed
trixie6.11.10-1fixed
sid6.12.3-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
linuxsourcejessie3.16.64-1DLA-1731-1
linuxsourcestretch4.9.135-1
linuxsource(unstable)4.18.20-1
linux-4.9sourcejessie4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1DLA-1715-1

Notes

https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=153806242024956&w=2
https://git.kernel.org/linus/f8a00cef17206ecd1b30d3d9f99e10d9fa707aa7

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