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HistoryMar 27, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

K81859243 : Kernel vulnerability CVE-2018-8822

2018-03-2700:00:00
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AI Score

7.4

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

28.1%

Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2018-8822)

Impact

There is no impact; F5 products are not affected by this vulnerability.