CVE-2018-8043

Medium

Description

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).

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedMar 10, 2018
First seenMar 10, 2018

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernelv ≤ 4.15.8—
canonical ubuntu_linux14.04, 16.04, 17.10—

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CVE-2018-8043 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar