CVE-2018-7273
mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel through 4.15.4, the floppy driver reveals the addresses of kernel functions and global variables using printk calls within the function show_floppy in drivers/block/floppy.c. An attacker can read this information from dmesg and use the addresses to find the locations of kernel code and data and bypass kernel security protections such as KASLR.
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exploits (2)
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- jedai47/CVE-2018-7273jedai47/CVE-2018-7273PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (4)
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references (10)
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- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088cnnvd
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44325/cnnvd
- https://www.kernel.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088enisa_euvd
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/2/20/669enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44325/enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103088Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
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