CVE-2018-19985 Information disclosure in n/a
A local attacker with physical access can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel hso driver, potentially exposing sensitive kernel memory.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-19985?
CVE-2018-19985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 17 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The function hso_get_config_data in drivers/net/usb/hso.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.8 reads if_num from the USB device (as a u8) and uses it to index a small array, resulting in an object out-of-bounds (OOB) read that potentially allows arbitrary read in the kernel address space.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-19985?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel, Netapp Active Iq Performance Analytics Services, Netapp Element Software Management Node.
How do I fix CVE-2018-19985?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-19985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-19985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-19985, GHSA-pv82-pww5-29fv, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19985.