CVE-2018-20855 (GCVE-0-2018-20855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-26 04:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0625b4ba… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torv… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/Chan… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2019090… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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