VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-20511

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl call.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-200

Primary references