VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-20669

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.58%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-03-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Primary references