Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201820669000
Revision Date:2019-03-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20669 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-20669
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'linux' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-aws' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-kvm' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-oem' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-raspi2' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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