CVE-2018-17972

Description

An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.

Weakness classification

• CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references

• cve@mitre.org
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• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
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• cve@mitre.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
• cve@mitre.org
• cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory