Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-5814
Published: June 8, 2018 / Updated: June 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13360
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-2018-5814
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 vulnerability exists due to race condition when processing malicious input. A remote attacker can send multiple specially crafted USB over IP packets, trigger a use-after-free memory error or a null pointer dereference and cause the system to crash.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2018-5814
The vulnerability is addressed in the following versions: 4.4.133, 4.9.102, 4.14.43, 4.16.11.
- addressed in versions 4.4.133, 4.9.102, 4.14.43, 4.16.11