low3.3
CVE-2018-20855
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7.
Impact
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In create_qp_common in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | before 4.18.7 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Versions 15.0, 15.1 |
| Netapp | Active Iq Performance Analytics Services | All versions |
| Netapp | Active Iq Unified Manager | from 9.5 |
| Netapp | Data Availability Services | All versions |
| Netapp | Element Software | All versions |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.html
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/