SUSE CVE-2018-7755

An issue was discovered in the fdlockedioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. An attacker can send the FDGETPRM ioctl and use the obtained kernel pointer to discove...

PT-2018-3026 · Linux +5 · Linux Kernel +5

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Linux kernel versions prior to 4.15.8 Description: The issue is related to the fd locked ioctl function in the Linux kernel, specifically in the floppy driver. It allows an attacker to obtain a kernel pointer by sending the FDGETPRM ioctl,...