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SUSE: CVE-2018-8822: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-8822: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/20/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/24/2018
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.

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-2018:1080-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1172-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1173-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1173-2
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1217-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1220-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1221-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:1309-1
  • USN-3653-1
  • USN-3653-2
  • USN-3654-1
  • USN-3654-2
  • USN-3655-1
  • USN-3655-2
  • USN-3656-1
  • USN-3657-1
  • DSA-4187
  • DSA-4188
  • CVE-2018-8822
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