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CVE-2018-20669

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.57%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-03-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2018-20669
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.57%
Linux

Original Filing — NVD Description

An issue where a provided address with access_ok() is not checked was discovered in i915_gem_execbuffer2_ioctl in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gem_execbuffer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.19.13. A local attacker can craft a malicious IOCTL function call to overwrite arbitrary kernel memory, resulting in a Denial of Service or privilege escalation.