CVE-2018-17972

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-362

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 3, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-17972: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix