CVE-2018-11506

kernel: Stack-based buffer overflow in drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c allows denial of service or other unspecified impact

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 21, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

The sr_do_ioctl function in drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c in the Linux kernel allows local users to cause a denial of service via a stack-based buffer overflow or possibly have unspecified other impact because sense buffers have different sizes at the CDROM layer and the SCSI layer.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CWE-121 · Stack-based Buffer Overflow