medium5.5
CVE-2018-8087
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial…
Impact
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | through 4.15.9 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 9.0 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/