Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 13, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-8087
CVE-2018-8087
Description
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.
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Affected products
37- Range: <=4.15.9
- osv-coords36 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/kernel-source&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Availability%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-default&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-docs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-obs-build&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt_debug&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-source-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kernel-syms-rt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_20&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012pkg:rpm/suse/kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP3_Update_10&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Live%20Patching%2012%20SP3
< 5.14.6-1.4+ 35 more
- (no CPE)range: < 5.14.6-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-92.70.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-94.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.120-3.8.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1-4.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/nvdPatch
- github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043nvd
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