CVE-2018-7492
Moderate
CVE-2018-7492
A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.
Exploit probability
0.6%
Published
February 26, 2018
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-2018-7492
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A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103185
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527393
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html
- https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10096441/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/
- 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.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.7
- https://xorl.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/linux-kernel-rdma-null-pointer-dereference/