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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19985 Moderate

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19985

The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.8 reads if_num from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds (OOB) read that potentially allows arbitrary read in the kernel address space.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 24, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change August 18, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

57 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

24 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux

191 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-gcp-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS linux-raspi-realtime

1 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:16.04:LTS linux-kvm

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

28 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-azure-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

7 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

65 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS linux-bluefield

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

59 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS linux-aws

25 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

35 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

87 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

42 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS linux-aws-fips

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws

46 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

30 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

27 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

55 explicit affected versions

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

3 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-hwe

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-realtime

1 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19985

The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.8 reads if_num from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds (OOB) read that potentially allows arbitrary read in the kernel address space.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence