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SCP7-1043 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2018-20855

Created: Jul 28, 2019 Updated: Aug 12, 2019

Resolved Date: Aug 12, 2019

Found In Version: 7.0.0.2

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 8

Component/s: Kernel

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In create_qp_common in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5_ib_create_qp_resp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.

CREATE(Triage): {Link=https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20855 User=admin}