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Bug 1547384 - (CVE-2018-7273) CVE-2018-7273 kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/block/floppy.c:show_floppy function potentially allowing KASLR bypass
CVE-2018-7273 kernel: Kernel address information leak in drivers/block/floppy...
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=low,public=20180220,reported=2...
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Depends On: 1547385 1547386
Blocks: 1547387
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Reported: 2018-02-21 03:56 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2018-02-23 09:50 EST (History)
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In the Linux kernel, through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.
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Last Closed: 2018-02-22 09:33:19 EST
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-02-21 03:56:09 EST 
In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.

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https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669

https://marc.info/?t=151916731000001&r=1&w=2
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-02-21 03:56:31 EST 
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1547386]
Comment 5 Vladis Dronov 2018-02-22 09:33:19 EST 
Statement:

This issue does not affect the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2, as KASLR feature is not present or enabled in these products.

This issue affects the Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, its real-time kernel, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for ARM 64 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 for Power 9 LE. This has been rated as having Low security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
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