Name: CVE-2018-8087: Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2018-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2018-8087, CWE-772, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00459

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Centos_linux	—	Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt	Aug 28, 2019	Mar 13, 2018
Debian	—	Upgrade linux	May 2, 2018	Mar 13, 2018
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade kernel	Aug 15, 2019	Jan 18, 2018
Redhat_linux	—	Upgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-rt	Aug 7, 2019	Mar 13, 2018
Suse	—	Upgrade kernel-obs-buildUpgrade kernel-defaultUpgrade kernel-devel-azureUpgrade kernel-docsUpgrade kernel-azure-baseUpgrade kernel-default-manUpgrade kernel-default-extraUpgrade kernel-source-azure	Mar 23, 2018	Mar 13, 2018
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1022-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-powerpc64-emb-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-23-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1019-gcpUpgrade linux-image-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-23-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-gkeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1010-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-1030-oemUpgrade linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1009-gcpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1027-kvmUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-23-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1091-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-45-genericUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1094-snapdragonUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-45-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1061-awsUpgrade linux-image-genericUpgrade linux-image-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1011-kvmUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mc-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-embUpgrade linux-image-oemUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1013-azureUpgrade linux-image-powerpc64-smp-lts-xenialUpgrade linux-image-4.13.0-45-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-lowlatencyUpgrade linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-generic-lpaeUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-1012-raspi2Upgrade linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-16.04Upgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-powerpc-smpUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-1023-awsUpgrade linux-image-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-powerpc64-smpUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-4.4.0-128-powerpc-e500mcUpgrade linux-image-4.15.0-23-snapdragon	Jun 13, 2018	Mar 13, 2018
Vmware Photon_os	—	Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version.	Jan 20, 2025	Mar 13, 2018

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