UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10940

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10940

    Published: 9 May 2018Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-10940
    Aliases:
    USN-3676-1
    USN-3676-2
    USN-3695-1

    Summary:

    Details: The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10940, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.6, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3676-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3676-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3695-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3695-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3754-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10940

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-157.207

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High