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Unscored CVE-2018-20449 EUVD-2018-13004GHSA-cx2c-r978-5vg7

The hidma_chan_stats function in drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c in the Linux kernel 4.14.90 allows local users to obtain sensitive address in…

Published Apr 4, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The hidma_chan_stats function in drivers/dma/qcom/hidma_dbg.c in the Linux kernel 4.14.90 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading "callback=" lines in a debugfs file.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 4.15.4-1 —
Debian 13 linux 4.15.4-1 —
Debian 12 linux 4.15.4-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1 —

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