CVE-2018-7191: Null Pointer Dereference
First published: Wed Jan 17 2018(Updated: )
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's implementation of networking tunnel device ioctl. A local attacker can cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl (TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kernel-rt | <0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1127.rt56.1093.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1127.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1127.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-957.56.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-957.56.1.el7 |
| redhat/kernel | <0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7 | 0:3.10.0-1062.26.1.el7 |
| IBM Data Risk Manager | <=2.0.6 | |
| Linux Linux kernel | <4.13.14 |
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Reference Links
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/161401
- https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6335281 (Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108380
- 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
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1016
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1070
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-7191
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2522
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2851
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1716328
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7191 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7191
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- collector/ibm-support
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- collector/mitre-cve
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- package-manager/redhat
- vendor/linux
- canonical/linux linux kernel
- vendor/ibm
- canonical/ibm data risk manager
- version/ibm data risk manager/2.0.6