CVE-2018-7191
Moderate
CVE-2018-7191
In the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.14, dev_get_valid_name is not called before register_netdevice. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character. This is similar to CVE-2013-4343.
Exploit probability
0.7%
Published
May 17, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
March 15, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-7191
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In the tun subsystem in the Linux kernel before 4.13.14, dev_get_valid_name is not called before register_netdevice. This allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and panic) via an ioctl(TUNSETIFF) call with a dev name containing a / character. This is similar to CVE-2013-4343.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00039.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108380
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1743792
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1748846
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.13.14
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/0ad646c81b2182f7fa67ec0c8c825e0ee165696d
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c25f65fd1e42685f7ccd80e0621829c105785d9