SUSE CVE-2018-17972

An issue was discovered in the procpidstack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents...

Linux Kernel 'fs/proc/base.c' Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Linux kernel is the kernel used by Linux, the open source operating system released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'procpidstack' function in the fs/proc/base.c file in Linux kernel versions 4.18.11 and earlier. A local attacker can exploit th...