Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 26, 2018· Updated Aug 5, 2024
CVE-2018-14646
CVE-2018-14646
Description
The Linux kernel before 4.15-rc8 was found to be vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the __netlink_ns_capable() function in the net/netlink/af_netlink.c file. A local attacker could exploit this when a net namespace with a netnsid is assigned to cause a kernel panic and a denial of service.
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Affected products
2- Range: <4.15-rc8
- Range: <4.15-rc8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3651mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3666mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3843mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- marc.infomitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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