CVE-2018-5332

High

Description

In the Linux kernel through 3.2, the rds_message_alloc_sgs() function does not validate a value that is used during DMA page allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write (related to the rds_rdma_extra_size function in net/rds/rdma.c).

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJan 11, 2018
First seenJan 11, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv < 3.2.99, 3.3 ≤ v < 3.16.54, 3.17 ≤ v < 3.18.92, 3.19 ≤ v < 4.1.50, 4.2 ≤ v < 4.4.112, 4.5 ≤ v < 4.9.77, 4.10 ≤ v < 4.14.443.2.99, 3.16.54, 3.18.92, 4.1.50, 4.4.112, 4.9.77, 4.14.44
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—
canonical ubuntu_linux12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 17.10—

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