medium5.5
CVE-2018-8043
The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which a…
Impact
The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 4.15.8 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040749
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040749
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/297a6961ffb8ff4dc66c9fbf53b924bd1dda05d5
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/