CVE-2018-10940: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The cdrom_ioctl_media_changed function in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16.6 allows local attackers to use a incorrect bounds check in the CDROM driver CDROM_MEDIA_CHANGED ioctl to read out kernel memory.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: before 4.16.6 (fixed in 4.16.6)

Published 2018-05-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.