CVE - CVE-2018-7273

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-7273	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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EXPLOIT-DB:44325 URL:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44325/ MISC:https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669 BID:103088 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Entry Created
20180220	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180220)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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