CVE-2018-5344
High
CVE-2018-5344
In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Exploit probability
0.4%
Published
January 12, 2018
Required by
Not available
Last source change
April 11, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
517 explicit affected versions
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-5344
View original source
In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, drivers/block/loop.c mishandles lo_release serialization, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (__lock_acquire use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ae6650163c66a7eff1acd6eb8b0f752dcfa8eba5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102503
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ae6650163c66a7eff1acd6eb8b0f752dcfa8eba5
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/