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CVE-2018-20669

An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in…

Impact

An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 4.13 before 4.14.185
from 4.15 before 4.19.129
from 4.20 before 5.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 18.04
NetappHci Management Node
All versions
NetappSnapprotect
All versions
NetappSolidfire
All versions
NetappCn1610 Firmware
All versions

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