CVE-2018-20854 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. drivers/phy/mscc/phy-ocelot-serdes.c has an off-by-one error with a resultant ctrl->phys out-of-bounds read.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00074.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Linux	Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-13394	An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. drivers/phy/mscc/phy-ocelot-serdes.c has an off-by-one error with a resultant ctrl->phys out-of-bounds read.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6acb47d1a318e5b3b7115354ebc4ea060c59d3a1
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6acb47d1a318e5b3b7115354ebc4ea060c59d3a1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20854
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32450233
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32450233?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20854

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-07-26T04:39:29

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:29.344Z

Reserved: 2019-07-26T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-20854

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-07-26T05:15:10.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:19.103

Link: CVE-2018-20854

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20854 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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