CVE-2018-1130

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1130
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-10 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:38:00 UTC
DescriptionLinux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc6 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc1 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc2 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc3 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc4 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc5 All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel 4.16 rc6 All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3698-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
'[PATCH net] dccp: check sk for closed state in dccp_sendmsg()' - MARC MLIST marc.info Mailing List, Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3698-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1423-1] linux-4.9 new package MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1422-2] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1576419 – (CVE-2018-1130) CVE-2018-1130 kernel: a null pointer dereference in net/dccp/output.c:dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 1392-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
USN-3654-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Patch
general protection fault in dccp_write_xmit MISC syzkaller.appspot.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3654-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3656-1: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2, Snapdragon) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3697-2: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3697-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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