Linux Kernel 'drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c 'Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8087)

Linux Kernel 'drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c 'Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8087)
Linux Kernel 'drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c 'Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (CVE-2018-8087)

Release date:
Updated on:

Affected Systems:

Linux kernel <= 4.15.9

Description:

Bugtraq id: 103397
CVE (CAN) ID: CVE-2018-8087

Linux Kernel is the Kernel of the Linux operating system.

In Linux kernel 4.15.9 and earlier versions, the drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c/hwsim_new_radio_nl function has a memory leakage vulnerability, which allows local users to exploit this vulnerability to cause DoS (memory depletion ).

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Suggestion:

Vendor patch:

Linux
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The vendor has released a patch to fix this security problem. Please download it from the vendor's homepage:

Https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51
Https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi? Id = 1555145
Https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-8087
Http://www.kernel.org/
Https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit? Id = 0ddcff49b672239dda94d70d0fcf50317a9f4b51

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