VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-7492
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.67%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.
- 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
- 0.67% probability · 50th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7caPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527393Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7caPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10096441/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/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.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.7Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://xorl.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/linux-kernel-rdma-null-pointer-dereference/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7caPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103185Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527393Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7caPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10096441/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/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.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.7Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://xorl.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/linux-kernel-rdma-null-pointer-dereference/Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.