CVE-2018-20855
lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.47% (40th) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
3.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4
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weaknesses
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- netapp active iq performance analytics servicesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_performance_analytics_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- netapp active iq unified manager≥ 9.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- netapp data availability servicesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:data_availability_services:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
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references (34)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00055.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00056.htmlcnnvd
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.18.7cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00cnnvd
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0625b4ba1a5d4703c7fb01c497bd6c156908af00cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20855cnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190905-0002/cnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-information-disclosure-via-create-qp-common-29970cnnvd
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