CVE-2018-5332 — Out-of-bounds Write in Kernel
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV7.5
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.33%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 11
Latest updateMay 13
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).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10