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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10940 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10940

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published May 9, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux

136 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws

13 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

53 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

16 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

15 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

14 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

48 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

45 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

4 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-riscv

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-azure-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-gcp-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-hwe-6.11

8 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde-5.15

61 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS linux-fips

3 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10940

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence