CVE-2018-8822

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

Description

Incorrect buffer length handling in the ncp_read_kernel function in fs/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.11, and in drivers/staging/ncpfs/ncplib_kernel.c in the Linux kernel 4.16-rc through 4.16-rc6, could be exploited by malicious NCPFS servers to crash the kernel or execute code.

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-2018-8822

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-8822.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.15.17-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.15.17-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.15.17-1
debian debiansidfixed4.15.17-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.15.17-1

References

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