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CVE-2018-1000204

Publication date 26 June 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

** DISPUTED ** Linux Kernel version 3.18 to 4.16 incorrectly handles an SG_IO ioctl on /dev/sg0 with dxfer_direction=SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV and an empty 6-byte cmdp. This may lead to copying up to 1000 kernel heap pages to the userspace. This has been fixed upstream in https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/a45b599ad808c3c982fdcdc12b0b8611c2f92824 already. The problem has limited scope, as users don't usually have permissions to access SCSI devices. On the other hand, e.g. the Nero user manual suggests doing `chmod o+r+w /dev/sg*` to make the devices accessible. NOTE: third parties dispute the relevance of this report, noting that the requirement for an attacker to have both the CAP_SYS_ADMIN and CAP_SYS_RAWIO capabilities makes it "virtually impossible to exploit."

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that an information leak existed in the generic SCSI driver in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information (kernel memory).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-33.36
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-130.156
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.13.0-157.207
linux-aws 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1020.20
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1062.71
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-1024.25
linux-azure 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1022.23
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1022.22~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-edge 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1022.23
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1018.19
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-1018.19~16.04.2
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1020.20
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1029.34
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-wily 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4.4.0-130.156~14.04.1
linux-maguro 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1017.20
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.15.0-1021.23
17.10 artful Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1092.100
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Fixed 4.4.0-1095.100
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.4.0-1095.100
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3752-2
    • Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2018
    • USN-3752-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2018
    • USN-3752-3
    • Linux kernel (Azure, GCP, OEM) vulnerabilities
    • 28 August 2018
    • USN-3696-2
    • Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
    • 2 July 2018
    • USN-3696-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 2 July 2018
    • USN-3754-1
    • Linux kernel vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2018

Other references