CVE-2018-20854

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.20. drivers/phy/mscc/phy-ocelot-serdes.c has an off-by-one error with a resultant ctrl->phys out-of-bounds read.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6acb47d1a318e5b3b7115354ebc4ea060c59d3a1	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6acb47d1a318e5b3b7115354ebc4ea060c59d3a1	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32450233
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32450233?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2019-07-26 05:15

Updated : 2023-11-07 02:56

NVD link : CVE-2018-20854

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20854

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-20854

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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