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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8822

CVE-2018-8822

Description

Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.

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