CVE-2018-1068
Moderate
CVE-2018-1068
A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.
Exploit probability
0.5%
Published
March 16, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 16, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-1068
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A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103459
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1552048
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152023808817590&w=2
- https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152025888924151&w=2
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188