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CVE-2018-9516

kernel: HID: debug: Buffer overflow in hid_debug_events_read() in drivers/hid/hid-debug.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

3.1

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 14, 2018

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the hid_debug_events_read() function in the drivers/hid/hid-debug.c file. A lack of the certain checks may allow a privileged user ("root") to achieve an out-of-bounds write and thus receiving user space buffer corruption.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 3.1
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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