An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack 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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-03T22:00:00

Updated: 2019-11-27T11:06:03

Reserved: 2018-10-03T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2018-17972

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-03T22:29:00.800

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:54:37.033


Link: CVE-2018-17972

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