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CVE-2018-8087

Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local use…

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
5.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 40%
Public exploits
0
none known

Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.46% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.05.5CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.04.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-772 Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • usn.ubuntu.com /3676-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3678-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • github.com /torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3678-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3677-1/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/103397 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4188 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3678-3/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3677-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3676-2/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • git.kernel.org /cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • usn.ubuntu.com /3678-4/ · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:2043 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:2029 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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