CVE-2018-10938

unknown

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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VIR risk

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Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel present since v4.0-rc1 and through v4.13-rc4. A crafted network packet sent remotely by an attacker may force the kernel to enter an infinite loop in the cipso_v4_optptr() function in net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c leading to a denial-of-service. A certain non-default configuration of LSM (Linux Security Module) and NetLabel should be set up on a system before an attacker could leverage this flaw.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.13.4-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.13.4-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.13.4-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.13.4-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.13.4-1`

References

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.