CVE-2018-8087
published 2018-03-13CVE-2018-8087: Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial…
PriorityP417medium5.5CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.47%
38.1th percentile
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
Affected
13 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | linux | < linux 4.15.11-1 (bookworm) | linux 4.15.11-1 (bookworm) |
| linux | linux_kernel | <= 4.15.9 | — |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.11-1 | 4.15.11-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.11-1 | 4.15.11-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.11-1 | 4.15.11-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.11-1 | 4.15.11-1 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.4.0-128.154 | 4.4.0-128.154 |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 0 < 4.15.0-23.25 | 4.15.0-23.25 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.9MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
osv6.7MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu6.7MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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Title: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
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properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-1068)
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kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
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Linux kernel vulnerabilities
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kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
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a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092,
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Red Hat
kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
vendor_redhat·2018-01-18·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a memory leak in the drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() function. An attacker could exploit this to cause a potential denial of service.
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: kernel-alt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: kernel (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-8087: linux - Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-8087: linux - Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_...
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4.15.11-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4.15.11-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4.15.11-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4.15.11-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4.15.11-1)
GHSA
GHSA-xqg7-w425-fm4c: Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CWE-772 GHSA-xqg7-w425-fm4c: Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
OSV
linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
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linux-raspi2 vulnerabilities
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)
It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the
Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error
conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-8087)
It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
(CVE-2018-10
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities
osv·2018-06-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-1092 [MEDIUM] linux-azure vulnerabilities
linux-azure vulnerabilities
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)
It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the
Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error
conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-8087)
It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
(CVE-2018-100
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
osv·2018-06-12·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-1092 [MEDIUM] linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-kvm vulnerabilities
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)
It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the
Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error
conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (memory exhaustion). (CVE-2018-8087)
It was discovered that a memory leak existed in the Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) implementation in the Linux kernel. A physically proximate attacker
could use this to cause a denial of service (memory
OSV
linux-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities
osv·2018-06-12·CVSS 6.7
CVE-2018-1068 [MEDIUM] linux-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities
linux-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-oem vulnerabilities
USN-3677-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 17.10.
This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware
Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 17.10 for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
It was discovered that the netfilter subsystem of the Linux kernel did not
properly validate ebtables offsets. A local attacker could use this to
cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2018-1068)
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092)
It was discovered t
OSV
linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities
osv·2018-06-11·CVSS 5.5
[MEDIUM] linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities
linux-lts-xenial, linux-aws vulnerabilities
USN-3676-1 fixed vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux
Hardware Enablement (HWE) kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu
14.04 LTS.
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 file system that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092,
CVE-2018-1093)
It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an
incorrect bounds check. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)
It was discovered that the 802.11 software s
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
osv·2018-06-11·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-1092 [MEDIUM] linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
linux, linux-aws, linux-kvm, linux-raspi2, linux-snapdragon vulnerabilities
Wen Xu discovered that the ext4 filesystem implementation in the Linux
kernel did not properly handle corrupted meta data in some situations. An
attacker could use this to specially craft an ext4 filesystem that caused
a denial of service (system crash) when mounted. (CVE-2018-1092,
CVE-2018-1093)
It was discovered that the cdrom driver in the Linux kernel contained an
incorrect bounds check. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive
information (kernel memory). (CVE-2018-10940)
It was discovered that the 802.11 software simulator implementation in the
Linux kernel contained a memory leak when handling certain error
conditions. A local attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of
service (memo
OSV
CVE-2018-8087: Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim
osv·2018-03-13·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-8087: Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim
Memory leak in the hwsim_new_radio_nl function in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering an out-of-array error case.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-03-14·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
bugzilla·2018-03-14·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-8087 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
CVE-2018-8087 kernel: Memory leak in drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() can lead to potential denial of service
The Linux kernel is vulnerable to a memory leak in the drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c:hwsim_new_radio_nl() function. An attacker could exploit this to cause a potential denial of service.
An upstream patch:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
Discussion:
Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1555147]
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kernel-4.15.10-200.fc26 has been pushed to the Fedora 26 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103397https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3676-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-1/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-2/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-3/https://usn.ubuntu.com/3678-4/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188
2018-03-13
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