CVE-2018-1000204

kernel: Infoleak caused by incorrect handling of the SG_IO ioctl

Published Jun 26, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
Description
Linux Kernel version 3.18 to 4.16 incorrectly handles an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp. This may lead to copying up to 1000 kernel heap pages to the userspace. This has been fixed upstream in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 already. The problem has limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the Nero user manual suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that the requirement for an attacker to have both the CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO capabilities makes it "virtually impossible to exploit.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1422-1 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1422-2 linux security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1423-1 linux-4.9 new package
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3696-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3696-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3752-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3752-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3752-3 Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3754-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 12:40 PM
Reserved
Jun 8, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 26, 2018, 2:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:32 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 18, 2018, 12:00 AM