CVE-2018-10872
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
0.1%
top 76.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMay 13
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, processor does not deliver interrupts and exceptions, they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged system user could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS. This CVE-2018-10872 was assigned due to regression of CVE-2018-8897 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.0 | Impact: 4.0
Affected Packages5 packages
Also affects: Enterprise Linux 6.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-652g-78m6-29wq: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions↗2022-05-13
CVEList▶
CVE-2018-10872: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions↗2018-07-10
OSV▶
CVE-2018-10872: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions↗2018-07-10
📋Vendor Advisories
2💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2018-10872 kernel: error in exception handling leads to DoS (CVE-2018-8897 regression)↗2018-06-28