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.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
History
No history.
MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2018-10-03T22:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T11:01:14.755Z
Reserved: 2018-10-03T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-17972
Vulnrichment
No data.
NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2018-10-03T22:29:00.800
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:55:18.577
Link: CVE-2018-17972
Redhat