CVE-2018-20854 (GCVE-0-2018-20854)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-07-26 04:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 12:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6acb47d1… | x_refsource_MISC |
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| https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K32450233 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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