CVE-2018-17155

Medium

Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the getcontext and swapcontext system calls, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductFreebsd
PublishedSep 28, 2018
First seenSep 28, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • freebsd freebsd11.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freebsd freebsdv < 11.2, 10.4, 11.1, 11.211.2

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