VDB
GHSA-j435-p44w-r9xj
GHSA-j435-p44w-r9xj
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 14, 2022
The compat_get_timex function in kernel/compat.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.9 allows local users to obtain sensitive information from kernel memory via adjtimex.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Timeline
- May 14, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-2 url
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46208 url
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 url
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1574 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-2 url
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.9 url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104292 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11508 advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3695-1 url
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3697-1 url
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0a0b98734479aa5b3c671d5190e86273372cab95 url