CVE-2018-5332

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

In the Linux kernel through 3.2, the rds_message_alloc_sgs() function does not validate a value that is used during DMA page allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write (related to the rds_rdma_extra_size function in net/rds/rdma.c).

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-2018-5332

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5332.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.14.17-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.14.17-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.14.17-1
debian debiansidfixed4.14.17-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.14.17-1

References

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