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SUSE: CVE-2018-8043: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-8043: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/10/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/19/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-kernel-azure-base
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-extra
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-default-man
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-devel-azure
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-docs
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-obs-build
  • suse-upgrade-kernel-source-azure

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:1048-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1173-2
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1217-1
  • USN-3619-1
  • USN-3619-2
  • USN-3630-1
  • USN-3630-2
  • USN-3632-1
  • CVE-2018-8043
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