CVE-2018-20855

LowCVSS 3.3/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 3.3/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jul 26, 2019
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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