CVE-2018-7191

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-7191
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-17 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-31 12:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.14, dev_get_valid_name is not called before register_netdevice. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character. This is similar to CVE-2013-4343.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1570-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug #1743792 “kernel panic on ioctl(TUNSETIFF) with a dev name w...” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1479-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Bug #1748846 “Artful 4.13 fixes for tun” : Bugs : linux package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Patch, Third Party Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
tun: allow positive return values on dev_get_valid_name() call · torvalds/linux@5c25f65 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.14 MISC cdn.kernel.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
tun: call dev_get_valid_name() before register_netdevice() · torvalds/linux@0ad646c · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git - Linux kernel source tree MISC git.kernel.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1579-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
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