CVE-2018-7480

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 11
Modified
Published: 25 Feb 2018, 20:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 06:31

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.09% LOW
0% probability +0.02%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Feb 2018, 20:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 06:31
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.09%• Percentile: 25%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

    The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04 | 16.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 4.1.41, < 4.1.51 | ≥ 4.3, < 4.4.123 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.9.89 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.11

References (6)