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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20856 High

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-20856

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an __blk_drain_queue() use-after-free because a certain error case is mishandled.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published July 26, 2019
Required by Not available
Last source change August 17, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

66 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oem

23 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-raspi2

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-aws

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-oracle

10 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux

33 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

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-oracle

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-aws

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-snapdragon

9 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-kvm

27 explicit affected versions

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

1 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gke-4.15

6 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS linux-riscv

23 explicit affected versions

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

11 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-raspi2

68 explicit affected versions

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

2 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-raspi2

29 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-gcp

34 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux

96 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-gke

51 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-azure

41 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

55 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-aws-hwe

12 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-azure

21 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS linux-azure-fde

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS linux-gcp

26 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-lts-xenial

75 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS linux-hwe

54 explicit affected versions

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

10 explicit affected versions

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS linux-azure

21 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-2018-20856

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an __blk_drain_queue() use-after-free because a certain error case is mishandled.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence