CVE-2018-20669 Information

Description

An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/log/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-02/msg00042.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/6 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106748 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-20669 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0002/ https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32059550 https://usn.ubuntu.com/4485-1/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8