CVE-2018-5390

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

Linux kernel versions 4.9+ can be forced to make very expensive calls to tcp_collapse_ofo_queue() and tcp_prune_ofo_queue() for every incoming packet which can lead to a denial of service.

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-2018-5390

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-5390.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201808-4

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201808-5

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201808-6

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201808-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.17.11.a-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.17.14-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.17.14-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.17.14-1
debian debiansidfixed4.17.14-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.17.14-1

References

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