Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-1000004

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Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-1000004

Published: February 21, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10679
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000004
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to race condition in the sound system. A remote attacker can trigger deadlock and cause the system to crash.

Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM System z (Structure A)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power 9
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Slackware Linux
Fedora

MRG Realtime
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
kernel-alt (Red Hat package)
kernel
Red Hat Virtualization Host

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000004

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-754.3.5.el6, 3.10.0-693.50.3.el7, 3.10.0-862.el7
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.10.0-693.50.3.rt56.644.el6rt, 3.10.0-862.rt56.804.el7
kernel-alt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.14.0-49.el7a
kernel - addressed in versions 4.14.15-200.fc26, 4.14.15-201.fc26, 4.14.15-300.fc27, 4.14.15-301.fc27, 4.14.16-200.fc26, 4.14.16-300.fc27

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