CVE-2017-18218

Publication date 5 March 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, local users can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and hns_nic_net_xmit.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-armadaxp 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-euclid 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-flo 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored abandoned
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 4.10.0-33.37~16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-omap 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-shared 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-linaro-vexpress 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-quantal 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-raring 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-saucy 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
linux-lts-wily 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-maguro 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored abandoned
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-qcm-msm 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-ti-omap4 17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H