CVE-2018-20856

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In block/blk-core.c, there is an __blk_drain_queue() use-after-free because a certain error case is mishandled.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/54648cf1ec2d7f4b6a71767799c45676a138ca24 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=54648cf1ec2d7f4b6a71767799c45676a138ca24 Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7 Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4497
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/18
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/26
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00017.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154059/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4116-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154408/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0055-1.html
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K14673240?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3055
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3076
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3089
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3217
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0100
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0103
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0664
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0698
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Information

Published : 2019-07-25 22:15

Updated : 2019-08-13 12:15


NVD link : CVE-2018-20856

Mitre link : CVE-2018-20856


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CWE
CWE-416

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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel