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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.1

CVE-2018-16658 json

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6.

published 2018-09-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-8460

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.18.6. An information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c could be used by local attackers to read kernel memory because a cast from unsigned long to int interferes with bounds checking. This is similar to CVE-2018-10940.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.18.6
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.18.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16658

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-162.212
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-138.164
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-39.42
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1032.35
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1070.80
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1027.27
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1024.25~16.04.2
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1024.25

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16658

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  • kernel RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • bpftool RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • python-perf RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • kernel-tools RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • kernel-tools-libs RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 7 3.10.0-1062.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2029RHSA-2019:2043RHSA-2019:4154

  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.16.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.16.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 4.12.14-5.16.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.95.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 4.4.121-92.95.1
  • lttng-modules SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +2 more 2.7.1-9.6.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +3 more 4.4.121-92.95.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_25 SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, OpenStack Cloud 7 +1 more 1-3.4.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:2908-2SUSE-SU-2018:3961-1SUSE-SU-2018:3084-1SUSE-SU-2018:3088-1SUSE-SU-2018:3083-1SUSE-SU-2018:2980-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16658 updated cvss 4.0

kernel: Information leak in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2029
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) perf 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, kernel 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, kernel-alt 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, python-perf 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, kernel-tools 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, kernel-tools-libs 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.14.0-115.16.1.el7a
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:4154
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.rt56.1022.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2043
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.el7, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-1062.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel 3.10.0-1062.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-1062.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-1062.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-1062.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-1062.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2029
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 3.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.