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CVE-2018-8043

CVSSv4: NA | CVSSv3: 5.5 | CVSSv2: 2.1 | VMScore: 650 | EPSS: 0.00042 | KEV: Not Included
Published: 10/03/2018 Updated: 21/11/2024

Vulnerability Summary

The unimac_mdio_probe function in drivers/net/phy/mdio-bcm-unimac.c in the Linux kernel up to and including 4.15.8 does not validate certain resource availability, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference).

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linux linux kernel

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 16.04

canonical ubuntu linux 17.10

Vendor Advisories

Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions ...
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel ...
The system could be made to crash under certain conditions ...
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