NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions *
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELDOC-1386728
- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed3 Jan 2018
Introduced: 3 Jan 2018
CVE-2018-5333 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-doc.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102510
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5333
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156053/Reliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_atomic_free_op-Privilege-Escalation.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0470
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47957