CVE-2018-20509

The print_binder_ref_olocked function in drivers/android/binder.c in the Linux kernel 4.14.90 allows local users to obtain sensitive address information by reading " ref *desc *node" lines in a debugfs file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
linux	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [was needs-triage ESM criteria]
linux-aws	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [was needed ESM criteria]
linux-aws-hwe	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-azure	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [was needs-triage ESM criteria]
linux-azure-edge	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.15.0-1013.13~16.04.2
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-euclid	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-flo	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored abandoned
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gcp	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gcp-edge	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gke	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-gke-4.15	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-goldfish	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-grouper	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-hwe	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-hwe-edge	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-kvm	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-trusty	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-utopic	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-vivid	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-wily	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-lts-xenial	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of ESM support, was ignored [was needs-triage ESM criteria]
linux-maguro	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-mako	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored abandoned
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-manta	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-oem	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of standard support, was needs-triage
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-oracle	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-raspi2	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
linux-snapdragon	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 4.15.0-1053.57
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

tyhicks

debugfs is only accessible by the root user in Ubuntu The patch that is listed as the fix for this issue quietly fixes the info leak while being focused on improving locking. Only the info leak is referenced by this CVE.

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
linux	Introduced by 1da177e, fixed by 372e314

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2018-20509

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Status

Notes

tyhicks

Patch details

Severity score breakdown

References

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