CVE-2018-8043 (GCVE-0-2018-8043)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-10 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:46
VLAI?
Summary
The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel through 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
8 references
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|---|---|
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-2/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torva… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/297a6961… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3630-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040749 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public ?
2018-03-10 00:00
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