An issue was discovered in the fd_locked_ioctl function in drivers/block/floppy.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.7. The floppy driver will copy a kernel pointer to user memory in response to the FDGETPRM ioctl. An attacker can send the FDGETPRM ioctl and use the obtained kernel pointer to discover the location of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.
                
            References
                    | Link | Resource | 
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043 | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00003.html | |
| https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/3/7/1116 | Exploit Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-1/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3698-2/ | Third Party Advisory | 
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4308 | 
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                Published : 2018-03-08 07:29
Updated : 2018-10-04 10:29
NVD link : CVE-2018-7755
Mitre link : CVE-2018-7755
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-7755
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Products Affected
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- ubuntu_linux
 
linux
- linux_kernel
 
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-200
                        
            Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
