FKIE_CVE-2018-5803
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-12 16:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 02:00
Severity
Summary
In the Linux Kernel before version 4.15.8, 4.14.25, 4.9.87, 4.4.121, 4.1.51, and 3.2.102, an error in the "_sctp_make_chunk()" function (net/sctp/sm_make_chunk.c) when handling SCTP packets length can be exploited to cause a kernel crash.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | |
| redhat | virtualization_host | 4.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_server | 7.0 | |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_workstation | 7.0 |
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