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 possibly have unspecified other impact by leveraging differences in skb handling between hns_nic_net_xmit_hw and hns_nic_net_xmit.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b3e2e5bc8c4853a2ff2	Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=27463ad99f738ed93c7c8b3e2e5bc8c4853a2ff2	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103277	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188	Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

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Information

Published : 2018-03-05 12:29

Updated : 2023-02-07 14:01

NVD link : CVE-2017-18218

Mitre link : CVE-2017-18218

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

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