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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting linux-4.9 package, versions <4.9.110-1~deb8u1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (40th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LINUX49-263027
  • published10 May 2018
  • disclosed10 May 2018
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Introduced: 10 May 2018

CVE-2018-1130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 linux-4.9 to version 4.9.110-1~deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-4.9 package and not the linux-4.9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

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