CVE-2018-17155

Published Sep 28, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the getcontext and swapcontext system calls, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8930 In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the getcontext and swapcontext system calls, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
freebsd
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 7:05 PM
Reserved
Sep 18, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 28, 2018, 1:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:45 AM