CVE-2018-6559

CVE-2018-6559

Vendor Canonical Ltd.
Product Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10
Weakness CWE-200 · Info exposure
Published October 26, 2018
Last update September 16, 2024
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What the vulnerability does

01Description

The Linux kernel, as used in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10, allows local users to obtain names of files in which they would not normally be able to access via an overlayfs mount inside of a user namespace.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

October 26, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated