Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU12917

Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-11232

Published: May 22, 2018

Vulnerability identifier: #VU12917

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-11232

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The weakness exists in the etm_setup_aux function due to improper validation of parameters. A local attacker can send specially crafted requests and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Linux kernel
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-11232

Update to version 4.10.2.

External References

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784d...

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