High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 5, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-18218
CVE-2017-18218
Description
In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, local users can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and hns_nic_net_xmit.
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Affected products
2- Range: <4.13
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b3e2e5bc8c4853a2ff2nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103277nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvdThird Party Advisory
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