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 userspace buffer corruption.
Find out more about CVE-2018-9516 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | High |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | kernel-rt | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-alt | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | kernel-rt | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | kernel | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | kernel | Will not fix |
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