DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20855

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-20855
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20855.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20855
Upstream
Published
2019-07-26T05:15:10Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:08:08Z
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.7. In createqpcommon in drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/qp.c, mlx5ibcreateqpresp was never initialized, resulting in a leak of stack memory to userspace.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name
linux
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.18.8-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}