Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,4.16.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.6% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005409
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 May 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 May 2018

CVE-2018-11508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 4.16.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1