VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-1068
This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.
MEDIUM 6.7EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 39th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119, CWE-787
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · redhat/virtualization host · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103459Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1552048Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152023808817590&w=2Third Party Advisory
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152025888924151&w=2Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103459Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1552048Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.