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CVE-2018-17972

🗓️ 03 Oct 2018 22:00:00Reported by mitreType 
cve
 cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 441 Views

An issue in proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11, allows local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel affect PowerKVM
17 May 201916:05
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM Security QRadar Packet Capture is vulnerable to Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
28 Oct 202017:16
–ibm
IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar Network Security is affected by Linux kernel vulnerabilities (CVE-2019-7221, CVE-2019-6974, CVE-2018-17972, CVE-2018-9568)
27 Jun 201908:45
–ibm
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux 2 : kernel (ALAS-2018-1100)
9 Nov 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : kernel (ALAS-2018-1100)
8 Nov 201800:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 7 : kernel (CESA-2019:0512)
20 Mar 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2019:2473)
20 Aug 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-1715-1 : linux-4.9 security update (Spectre)
18 Mar 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-1731-2 : linux regression update (Spectre)
28 Mar 201900:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : kernel (EulerOS-SA-2019-1028)
15 Feb 201900:00
–nessus
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17 Jun 2026 01:46Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 24.9
CVSS 35.5
EPSS0.0035
CWE-362
linux kernelsecurityissueproc_pid_stackracy stack unwindingcve-2018-17972
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