CVE-2018-11232

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-01-23
CWE:
CWE-665
Bugzilla:
1580583: CVE-2018-11232 kernel: coresight: kernel panic caused by invalid CPU
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the way the etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the system, or possibly corrupting memory resources intended for a differently specified CPU.

Find out more about CVE-2018-11232 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 realtime-kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-alt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kernel Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Not affected

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