In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2018-19008 | In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.287Z
Reserved: 2018-02-20T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-7273
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-02-21T00:29:00.333
Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:55.017
Link: CVE-2018-7273
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Weaknesses
EUVD