CVE-2018-10940

kernel: incorrect memory bounds check in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · April 18, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

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

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer