CVE-2018-18021

CVE-2018-18021 affects arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c in the Linux kernel before 4.18.12. The KVM_SET_ON_REG ioctl is mishandled, allowing a local attacker who can create VMs to arbitrarily redirect the hypervisor flow of control (full register control) and potentially cause a hypervisor panic via an ill...

CVE-2018-5333

This CVE affects Linux kernel up to 4.14.13, specifically the rds_cmsg_atomic() path in net/rds/rdma.c. The root cause is that rm->atomic.op_active is not cleared, causing rds_atomic_free_op() to dereference a null page link via set_page_dirty(), leading to a NULL pointer dereference. The vuln...

CVE-2018-10881

CVE-2018-10881 is an ext4-related Linux kernel vulnerability: out-of-bounds access in ext4_get_group_info when mounting/operating on a crafted ext4 image, leading to denial of service or system crash. Connected sources (e.g., USN-3752-2) confirm this CVE is among kernel/ext4 issues addressed; rem...

CVE-2018-5814

CVE-2018-5814 : Linux Kernel before 4.16.11, 4.14.43, 4.9.102, and 4.4.133 has race condition vulnerabilities in USB handling (probe, disconnect, rebind) that can trigger use-after-free or NULL dereference via multiple USB over IP packets. Fixes were released in kernel updates: 4.16.11, 4.14.43, ...

CVE-2018-16862

CVE-2018-16862 : Linux kernel cleancache clears an inode after the final truncation, allowing a new file with the same inode to read leftover pages from the old file. The connected doc confirms a local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information. No patch/fix details are provided in t...

CVE-2017-7558

CVE-2017-7558 describes a kernel data leak (out-of-bounds read) in the Linux kernel inet_diag_msg_sctp{,l}addr_fill() and sctp_get_sctp_info() that could leak up to 100 bytes of slab data to userspace. Affected: Linux kernel (4.7-rc1 through 4.13). Root cause: filling sockaddr data structures wit...

CVE-2018-1000004

CVE-2018-1000004 affects the Linux kernel with a race condition in the sound subsystem that can cause a deadlock and denial of service. The description notes affected versions as 4.12, 3.10, 2.6 and possibly earlier, with no explicit exploit details provided in the included documents. Connected a...

CVE-2018-7755

CVE-2018-7755 affects the Linux kernel floppy driver: the fd_locked_ioctl path in drivers/block/floppy.c copies a kernel pointer to user memory in response to FDGETPRM, enabling a local attacker with floppy access to discover kernel code/data locations and bypass KASLR. The issue is in kernel ver...

CVE-2018-5750

Technical details beyond the initial description are not present in the connected documents. The CVE-2018-5750 issue in the Linux kernel (via acpi_smbus_hc_add and SBS HC printk) is described in the Initial document as a local information disclosure; no additional public exploit/vendor-specific d...

CVE-2018-1108

CVE-2018-1108 affects Linux kernel random seed handling in kernel drivers prior to 4.17-rc1. Seeds could be consumed during early boot before sufficient entropy was gathered, risking confidentiality and integrity of encrypted communications. Public documents specify that the entropy/generator had...

CVE-2018-13406

CVE-2018-13406 affects the Linux kernel’s uvesafb_setcmap() in drivers/video/fbdev/uvesafb.c, where an integer overflow before kernel 4.17.4 could crash the kernel or allow privilege elevation because kmalloc_array is not used. A fix is available in kernel 4.17.4 (ChangeLog-4.17.4), so upgrading ...

CVE-2017-18241

CVE-2017-18241 affects Linux kernel fs/f2fs/segment.c prior to 4.13. Local users can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in a flush_cmd_control when using the noflush_merge option, leading to a panic. No exploitation details are provided in the documents. Remediation: upgrade...

CVE-2018-16658

The CVE-2018-16658 entry concerns the Linux kernel prior to 4.18.6, where a vulnerability in cdrom_ioctl_drive_status() in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c allows a local attacker to read kernel memory due to an unsafe cast from unsigned long to int that bypasses bounds checks. The issue is mitigated by upg...

CVE-2018-1118

CVE-2018-1118 affects the Linux kernel vhost path used by /dev/vhost-net. The issue is improper memory initialization in vhost/vhost.c:vhost_new_msg(), enabling a local unprivileged user to read kernel memory contents. The vulnerability arises from memory not being initialized before being passed...

CVE-2018-9363

CVE-2018-9363 is a Linux-kernel vulnerability in the HIDP Bluetooth driver: hidp_process_report can overflow a buffer due to incorrect length handling, potentially causing memory corruption and DoS, with possible remote code execution. Public documents across Debian/Ubuntu/CentOS‑related advisori...

CVE-2018-19407

CVE-2018-19407 affects the Linux kernel’s KVM x86 code path: the function vcpu_scan_ioapic in arch/x86/kvm/x86.c can trigger a NULL pointer dereference when the IOAPIC is uninitialized, leading to local denial of service. Affected scope is Linux kernels up to 4.19.2 (no explicit exploit details p...

CVE-2018-14734

CVE-2018-14734 affects the Linux kernel before 4.17.11, where ucma_leave_multicast can access a data structure after cleanup in ucma_process_join, enabling a use-after-free that leads to DoS. The vulnerability is in drivers/infiniband/core/ucma.c. Exploitation status is not provided in the suppli...

CVE-2018-13095

CVE-2018-13095 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.17.3 in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_inode_buf.c. A corrupted XFS image with an inode in extent format that has more extents than fit in the inode fork can trigger memory corruption and a bug (DoS). The connected advisories (Unity Linux, various Nessus plugins...

CVE-2018-5344

CVE-2018-5344 : The Linux kernel vulnerability affects the driver code at drivers/block/loop.c, where improper lo_release serialization can lead to a use-after-free in __lock_acquire. This can cause a local denial of service (system crash) and may have unspecified other impact. The description in...

CVE-2018-10938

CVE-2018-10938 is a DoS in the Linux kernel (present since v4.0-rc1 to v4.13-rc4) where a crafted remote network packet can force an infinite loop in cipso_v4_optptr() (net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c). Exploitation requires a non-default LSM/NetLabel configuration. The issue is triggered by network packet...

CVE-2018-14625

The CVE-2018-14625 entry describes a Linux kernel vulnerability in the vsock (AF_VSOCK) implementation. A race condition between connect() and close() can lead to a use-after-free that may enable a local attacker running inside a guest VM to read kernel memory (information leak) or potentially in...

CVE-2017-18203

The vulnerability CVE-2017-18203 affects the Linux kernel in the DM (device-mapper) path: dm_get_from_kobject() in drivers/md/dm.c is vulnerable to a race with __dm_destroy during creation/removal of DM devices. Exploitation from a local attacker could cause a Denial of Service. Affected are kern...

CVE-2017-18208

CVE-2017-18208 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.14.4. The vulnerability lies in the MADVISE_WILLNEED handling in mm/madvise.c, where triggering MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service via an infinite loop. The issue is local in scope and is tied ...

CVE-2018-6554

CVE-2018-6554 describes a memory leak in the Linux kernel’s irda_bind path (net/irda/af_irda.c and later staging/irda/net/af_irda.c). A local user can cause memory exhaustion by repeatedly binding an AF_IRDA socket, leading to denial of service. The vulnerability exists in kernels prior to 4.17 a...

CVE-2018-10877

CVE-2018-10877 describes a vulnerability in the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem where an out-of-bounds access in ext4_ext_drop_refs() can be triggered by operating on a crafted ext4 image. The connected sources indicate a local attacker could mount or otherwise interact with a crafted ext4 image to ...

CVE-2018-18690

CVE-2018-18690 pertains to the Linux kernel before 4.17 where a local attacker able to set attributes on an xfs filesystem could render the filesystem non-operational until remount by triggering an unchecked error during an xfs attribute change. The root cause is mishandling of ATTR_REPLACE in xf...

CVE-2017-18249

CVE-2017-18249 affects the Linux kernel’s f2fs implementation: the add_free_nid function in fs/f2fs/node.c fails to properly track an allocated nid, enabling local attackers to cause a denial of service via a race condition (and potentially other impact) when multiple threads run concurrently. Af...

CVE-2017-18216

CVE-2017-18216 affects the Linux kernel's OCFS2 nodemanager.c: a required mutex is not used, enabling local attackers to trigger a NULL pointer dereference/BUG and cause denial of service. The issue exists in kernel versions before 4.15. Exploitation is local; no remote vector noted in the provid...

CVE-2018-13093

CVE-2018-13093 relates to a NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel fs/xfs/xfs_icache.c during pathwalks on a corrupted XFS image, caused by missing validation that cached inodes are freed during allocation. Impact: potential crash/DoS. Remediation: Debian LTS advisory DLA-2114-1 lists this CVE ...

CVE-2017-7518

CVE-2017-7518: In the Linux kernel before 4.12, the KVM module mishandles the trap-flag TF in EFLAGS during syscall emulation, causing a debug exception (#DB) on the guest stack. This could allow a user/process inside a guest to escalate privileges within the guest (Linux guests only; host kernel...

CVE-2018-1094

CVE-2018-1094 affects the Linux kernel ext4 subsystem: the ext4_fill_super routine in fs/ext4/super.c up to version 4.15.15 does not reliably initialize the crc32c checksum driver, enabling a crafted ext4 image to trigger a NULL pointer dereference in ext4_xattr_inode_hash and cause a denial of s...

CVE-2017-18174

In Linux kernel before 4.7, the amd_gpio_remove function in drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-amd.c calls pinctrl_unregister, leading to a double free. Affected: kernels prior to 4.7 (various distributions). The issue was addressed in later kernel updates (e.g., commits from Linus Torvalds’ tree referenced...

CVE-2018-1093

CVE-2018-1093 affects the Linux kernel (ext4) where ext4_valid_block_bitmap() in fs/ext4/balloc.c can trigger an out-of-bounds read due to missing validation of bitmap block numbers in balloc.c/ialloc.c. The issue allows a local attacker who can mount a crafted ext4 image to cause a denial of ser...

CVE-2018-13094

CVE-2018-13094 affects the Linux kernel’s XFS code: a NULL bp passed to xfs_da_shrink_inode() can trigger an OOPS in fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c for images up to kernel 4.17.3. Public docs confirm the underlying issue is a NULL pointer dereference that can cause a crash; Debian/CentOS/Red Hat a...

CVE-2017-18257

CVE-2017-18257 affects the Linux kernel: the __get_data_block function in fs/f2fs/data.c (before 4.11) can be triggered by crafted open and fallocate calls via an FS_IOC_FIEMAP ioctl, causing local denial of service (integer overflow and loop). Public advisories from Unity Linux, Ubuntu USN-3696-...

CVE-2018-5995

CVE-2018-5995 affects the Linux kernel (up to 4.14.14). The flaw is in pcpu_embed_first_chunk() in mm/percpu.c, which can let a local user read dmesg data (from a pages/cpu printk call) and disclose sensitive kernel addresses. Impact: partial kernel address disclosure with local access. Root caus...

CVE-2018-5332

CVE-2018-5332 affects the Linux kernel up to version 3.2, where rds_message_alloc_sgs() does not validate a value used during DMA page allocation, causing a heap-based out-of-bounds write in net/rds/rdma.c (via rds_rdma_extra_size). Exploitation would rely on local access to trigger DMA-related a...

CVE-2018-18710

CVE-2018-18710 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.19, in the CDROM driver: cdrom_ioctl_select_disc in drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c. A cast from unsigned long to int can bypass bounds checking, enabling a local attacker to read kernel memory (information disclosure). The issue is analogous to CVE-2018-1094...

CVE-2018-10021

CVE-2018-10021 affects the Linux kernel’s SAS SCSI host driver (drivers/scsi/libsas/sas_scsi_host.c) prior to 4.16. A local user can trigger certain failure conditions to cause a denial of service (ata_qc leak). A third party disputes the report’s relevance, noting the issue can occur only with p...

CVE-2018-8087

The CVE-2018-8087 issue affects the Linux kernel driver code in mac80211_hwsim.c (hwsim_new_radio_nl). It describes a memory leak that can be triggered by an out-of-array error, allowing local users to cause denial of service through memory consumption. The vulnerability is reported for the kerne...

CVE-2017-7482

CVE-2017-7482 affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.12. When Kerberos 5 tickets are decoded using RXRPC keys, the code incorrectly assumes the size of a field, causing the size-remaining calculation to wrap and the data pointer to extend past the buffer end. This can lead to memory corruption and p...

CVE-2017-18232

CVE-2017-18232 affects the Linux kernel SAS (libsas): a mutex mishandling in the SAS implementation up to kernel 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (deadlock) by triggering certain error-handling code. Connected advisories (Unity Linux UTSA-2026-…) confirm a kernel security up...

CVE-2018-15572

CVE-2018-15572: Linux kernel

CVE-2018-14678

CVE-2018-14678 affects the Linux kernel up to 4.17.11 (and Xen up to 4.11.x). The xen_failsafe_callback entry in arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S does not properly preserve RBX, enabling local attackers to trigger uninitialized memory usage, causing a denial of service; 64-bit x86 PV Linux guests may cr...

CVE-2018-10876

A confirmed vulnerability in the Linux kernel ext4 filesystem: CVE-2018-10876 is a use-after-free in ext4_ext_remove_space() when mounting a crafted ext4 image, allowing a local attacker to crash the system and, per some sources, potentially execute arbitrary code. Public references in the connec...

CVE-2018-10882

CVE-2018-10882 affects the Linux kernel ext4 implementation. A local user can trigger an out-of-bounds write in fs/jbd2/transaction.c by mounting/unmounting a crafted ext4 image, causing denial of service and potential system crash. Public details describe the vulnerability as part of ext4 file-s...

CVE-2017-2618

CVE-2017-2618 is a Linux kernel local vulnerability caused by how SELinux attributes are cleared on /proc/pid/attr. An empty write to that file can crash the system by triggering access to unmapped kernel memory. The connected Nessus entries (Unity Linux, MiracleLinux AXSA advisory, and related p...

CVE-2018-20511

The CVE-2018-20511 vulnerability affects Linux kernel older than 4.18.11, where ipddp_ioctl in drivers/net/appletalk/ipddp.c allows local users with CAP_NET_ADMIN to read the ipddp_route and next fields via SIOCFINDIPDDPRT, leading to kernel address disclosure (information leakage). Unity/Linux a...

CVE-2018-7492

The CVE-2018-7492 entry affects the Linux kernel prior to 4.14.7, where a NULL pointer dereference in net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() can be triggered by local attackers via RDS_GET_MR / RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST. This leads to a system panic and denial-of-service. Affected versions are exposed to loca...

CVE-2018-12232

CVE-2018-12232: In the Linux kernel up to 4.17.1, there is a race between fchownat and close when targeting the same socket file descriptor. fchownat does not increment the file descriptor reference count, allowing close to set the socket to NULL during fchownat’s execution, causing a NULL pointe...