VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7273
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.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.76%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.76%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.76% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44325/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44325/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.