#VU11877 NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-10074
Published: April 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU11877
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10074
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in the hi3660_stub_clk_probe function in drivers/clk/hisilicon/clk-hi3660-stub.c due to improper validation of the INT_MIN parameter. A local attacker can trigger NULL pointer dereference and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Update to version 4.16 or later.