Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201820669000
Revision Date:2019-03-21Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-20669 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - 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 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-16.19').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1001.10').
  • OR The 'linux-aws-hwe' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-azure' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage ESM criteria').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR The 'linux-gcp' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR The 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1004.9').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage now end-of-life').
  • OR The 'linux-oracle' package in xenial is affected and needs fixing.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.2.0-1013.19').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.4.0-1012.12').
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