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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-02-21T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:24:11.287Z

Reserved: 2018-02-20T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-7273

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-02-21T00:29:00.333

Modified: 2019-03-01T19:57:57.130

Link: CVE-2018-7273

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-7273 - Bugzilla