CVE-2018-5333

Summary

CVECVE-2018-5333
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-11 07:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-01-22 19:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_cmsg_atomic function in net/rds/rdma.c mishandles cases where page pinning fails or an invalid address is supplied, leading to an rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer dereference.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 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 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 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 Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.10 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3619-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3617-2: Linux (HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3619-2: Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3617-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4187-1 linux DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS) rds_atomic_free_op Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree CONFIRM git.kernel.org Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-3583-2: Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Linux Kernel 'net/rds/rdma.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
RDS: null pointer dereference in rds_atomic_free_op · torvalds/linux@7d11f77 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-3583-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3617-3: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
USN-3632-1: Linux kernel (Azure) 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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