CVE-2018-14646 (GCVE-0-2018-14646)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 09:38
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Summary
The Linux kernel before 4.15-rc8 was found to be vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the __netlink_ns_capable() function in the net/netlink/af_netlink.c file. A local attacker could exploit this when a net namespace with a netnsid is assigned to cause a kernel panic and a denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
[UNKNOWN] kernel: Affected: 4.15-rc8
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Date Public
2018-11-26 00:00
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