gsd-2018-17972
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
An issue was discovered in the proc_pid_stack function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.11. It does not ensure that only root may inspect the kernel stack of an arbitrary task, allowing a local attacker to exploit racy stack unwinding and leak kernel task stack contents.
Aliases
Aliases
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