Vulnerability CVE-2018-11508
Published: 2018-05-28

Description:
The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Linux -> Linux kernel 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/
https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9
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