Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Linux Raw MIDI Kernel Driver
CVE-2018-10902

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

[unknown]

Status
Kernel
Vendor
CVE Published:
21 August 2018

What is CVE-2018-10902?

A concurrency issue in the raw MIDI kernel driver of the Linux Kernel allows a local attacker to exploit double realloc operations within the snd_rawmidi_ioctl handler. This could enable the attacker to escalate privileges, potentially affecting the system's integrity and overall security.

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Affected Version(s)

kernel

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-1/
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/3776-2/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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