CVE-2018-14656

HIGH

Linux Kernel < 4.18 - Unauthenticated Kernel Memory Leak via show_opcodes() Address Check Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A missing address check in the callers of the show_opcodes() in the Linux kernel allows an attacker to dump the kernel memory at an arbitrary kernel address into the dmesg log.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14656
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041804
Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q4/9
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1650

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 40.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
linux/linux_kernel 4.19 rc1
linux/linux_kernel < 4.18
Published Oct 08, 2018
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026