CVE-2017-18218: In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, local users can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or…

PriorityP434high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.38%

30.7th percentile

In drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns/hns_enet.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, local users can cause a denial of service (use-after-free and BUG) or possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and hns_nic_net_xmit.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	linux	< linux 4.13.4-1 (bookworm)	linux 4.13.4-1 (bookworm)
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.13.4-1	4.13.4-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.13.4-1	4.13.4-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.13.4-1	4.13.4-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 0 < 4.13.4-1	4.13.4-1
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.10 < 4.13	4.13
linux	linux_kernel	>= 4.5 < 4.9.92	4.9.92

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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