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CVE-2018-7566
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
The Linux kernel 4.15 has a Buffer Overflow via an SNDRV_SEQ_IOCTL_SET_CLIENT_POOL ioctl write operation to /dev/snd/seq by a local user.
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Linux kernel: 4.15
- Oracle Communications Eagle Application Processor: 16.1.0, 16.2.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 7.5, 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 7.6
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module For Public Cloud: 12
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-03/msg00067.html
- http://mailman.alsa-project.org/pipermail/alsa-devel/2018-February/132026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103605
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2390
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1483
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1487
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1550142
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d15d662e89fc667b90cd294b0eb45694e33144da
- https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
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