CVE-2018-1108

5.9MEDIUM

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the

Published: 5/21/2018Updated: 11/21/2024
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Description

kernel drivers before version 4.17-rc1 are vulnerable to a weakness in the Linux kernel's implementation of random seed data. Programs, early in the boot sequence, could use the data allocated for the seed before it was sufficiently generated.

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Affected Products

linuxlinux_kernel
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
18.04
debiandebian_linux
9.0

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