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CVE-2018-20511
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-12-27T14:29:00.457 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:00.290

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.11. The ipddp_ioctl function in drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users to obtain sensitive kernel address information by leveraging CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route dev and next fields via an SIOCFINDIPDDPRT ioctl call.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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