NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2018-7191
Published: May 21, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18539
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2018-7191
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows local users to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error when processing requests to ioctl(TUNSETIFF). A local user can cause a denial of service via a malicious ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-7191
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1743792
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1748846
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.14
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9