Information Exposure Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3006070
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed4 Apr 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 4 Apr 2019

CVE-2018-20449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for torvalds/linux.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. The hidma_chan_stats function in drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c in the Linux kernel 4.14.90 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading "callback=" lines in a debugfs file.

CVSS Base Scores

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