Information Exposure Affecting kernel-abi-whitelists package, versions <0:3.10.0-862.el7
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-KERNELABIWHITELISTS-4776047
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed19 Dec 2017
Introduced: 19 Dec 2017
CVE-2018-5750 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:7 kernel-abi-whitelists to version 0:3.10.0-862.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:1062.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-abi-whitelists package and not the kernel-abi-whitelists package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
The acpi_smbus_hc_add function in drivers/acpi/sbshc.c in the Linux kernel through 4.14.15 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading dmesg data from an SBS HC printk call.
References
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10174835/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5750
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4120
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1062
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040319
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3631-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/