SB2018020501 - Privilege escalation in Linux Kernel
Published: February 5, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020501
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5750)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to a flaw in the acpi_smbus_hc_add() function in 'drivers/acpi/sbshc.c'. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted SBS HC printk system call to obtain potentially sensitive address information and potentially bypass kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR) security protection.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.