CVE-2018-18710

kernel: Information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 29, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.19. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor