Back to Database
Status published
Medium
CVE-2018-7492
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map()...
Vulnerability Description
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
THREAT MONITOR
Am I Vulnerable?
Launch our assessment wizard to check if your infrastructure is exposed to • CVE-2018-7492
Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103185
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-2/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527393
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10096441/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.7
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca
- https://xorl.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/linux-kernel-rdma-null-pointer-dereference/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca
More from linux
View All →CVE-2022-48619
An issue was discovered in drivers/input/input.c in the Linux kernel...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48502
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 6.2....
High
7.1
CVE-2022-48425
In the Linux kernel through 6.2.7, fs/ntfs3/inode.c has an invalid...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48424
In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/inode.c does not validate...
Unknown
0
CVE-2022-48423
In the Linux kernel before 6.1.3, fs/ntfs3/record.c does not validate...
Unknown
0
Affected Vendor
linux
View all reports →Affected Software
linux kernel, debian linux, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 7.0, 8.0, 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 26th, 2018
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.