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Red Hat: CVE-2018-1068: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2018-1068: Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/16/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/09/2018
Modified
03/03/2021

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-kernel
  • redhat-upgrade-kernel-rt

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