vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-18218): linux-hwe vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Mar 5, 2018 | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 1, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 5, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Sep 1, 2025
Description
In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, local users can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and hns_nic_net_xmit.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-linux-hweubuntu-upgrade-linux-hwe-edge
References
- CVE-2017-18218
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-18218
- CWE-416
- DEBIAN-DSA-4188
- URL-http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b3e2e5bc8c4853a2ff2
- URL-https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b3e2e5bc8c4853a2ff2
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-18218
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