Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 28, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-17154
CVE-2018-17154
Description
In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r338987), 11.2-RELEASE-p4, and 11.1-RELEASE-p15, due to insufficient memory checking in the freebsd4_getfsstat system call, a NULL pointer dereference can occur. Unprivileged authenticated local users may be able to cause a denial of service.
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Affected products
511.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p4+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: 11.2 before 11.2-RELEASE-p4
- (no CPE)range: <11.2-STABLE(r338987), <11.2-RELEASE-p4, <11.1-RELEASE-p15
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.2
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.1:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.2:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-EN-18:10.syscall.ascnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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