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CVE-2018-10940
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-05-09T17:29:00.290 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:34:58.430

Summary

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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