An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-09-07T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.897Z

Reserved: 2018-09-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16658

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-07T14:29:03.523

Modified: 2019-08-06T17:15:28.507

Link: CVE-2018-16658

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-04-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16658 - Bugzilla