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.
Published: 2018-03-13
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4188-1 linux security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-19766 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3676-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3676-2 Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3677-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3677-2 Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3678-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3678-2 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3678-3 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3678-4 Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Linux Linux Kernel
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Extras Rt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:46:13.153Z

Reserved: 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-8087

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Status : Modified

Published: 2018-03-13T06:29:00.260

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:13:14.203

Link: CVE-2018-8087

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-8087 - Bugzilla

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