Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-18551

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - An issue was discovered in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15. There is an out of bounds write in the function i2csmbusxferemulated...

CVE-2017-18551

CVE-2017-18551 : The Linux kernel contains an out-of-bounds write in drivers/i2c/i2c-core-smbus.c, specifically in the function i2c_smbus_xfer_emulated, affecting kernels prior to 4.14.15. The vulnerability can enable local attacker privilege/escalation due to memory corruption. Remediation is to...