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CVE-2018-11508

medium

Description

The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1/

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208/

https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-3537

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-05-28

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01685