UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18710
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc 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 and CVE-2018-16658.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc 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 and CVE-2018-16658.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/e4f3aa2e1e67bb48dfbaaf1cad59013d5a5bc276
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18710
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3846-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3847-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3847-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3847-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3848-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3849-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3849-2
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18710