CVE-2018-18445

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

Description

In the Linux kernel 4.14.x, 4.15.x, 4.16.x, 4.17.x, and 4.18.x before 4.18.13, faulty computation of numeric bounds in the BPF verifier permits out-of-bounds memory accesses because adjust_scalar_min_max_vals in kernel/bpf/verifier.c mishandles 32-bit right shifts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18445

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18445.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-1

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201811-2

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.14.75-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.18.20-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.18.20-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.18.20-1
debian debiansidfixed4.18.20-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.18.20-1

References

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