NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-1066

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11191

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-2018-1066

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists in the fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c:setup_ntlmv2_rsp() function due to NULL pointer dereference. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux

Update to version 4.11.

• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=cabfb3680f78981d26c078...

• Denial of service in Linux Kernel
• SUSE Linux update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE Linux update for the Linux Kernel
• Debian update for linux
• Debian update for linux