VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-11232
The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because a parameter is incorrectly used as a local variable.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) because a parameter is incorrectly used as a local variable.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.2Vendor Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0fPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0fPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.2Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.