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Debian: CVE-2018-16884: linux -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-16884: linux -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C)
Published
12/18/2018
Created
04/22/2019
Added
03/28/2019
Modified
07/07/2020

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time can make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user can cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-linux

References

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