CVE-2018-1108
Moderate
CVE-2018-1108
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.
Exploit probability
1.8%
Published
May 21, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-1108
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104055
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1108
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3718-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3752-3/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188