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Red Hat: CVE-2018-5333: kernel: Null pointer dereference in rds_atomic_free_op() allowing denial-of-service

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 11, 2018
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 9, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_cmsg_atomic function in net/rds/rdma.c mishandles cases where page pinning fails or an invalid address is supplied, leading to an rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer dereference.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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