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CVE-2018-5814 json

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.16.11, 4.14.43, 4.9.102, and 4.4.133, multiple race condition errors when handling probe, disconnect,…

published 8y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17581

cvss
7.0
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux Kernel before version 4.16.11, 4.14.43, 4.9.102, and 4.4.133, multiple race condition errors when handling probe, disconnect, and rebind operations can be exploited to trigger a use-after-free condition or a NULL pointer dereference by sending multiple USB over IP packets.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.4.133
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.16.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-5814

  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-130.156
  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-33.36
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1024.25
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1062.71
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1020.20
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1018.19~16.04.2
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1018.19
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-33.36~16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-5814

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 4.4.178-94.91.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 4.4.178-94.91.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3, SLED 12 SP3 +2 more 4.4.178-94.91.2
  • kernel-obs-build SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 4.4.178-94.91.1
  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.92.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.92.1
  • lttng-modules SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 2.7.1-9.4.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLE High Availability Extension 12 SP2, OpenStack Cloud 7 +3 more 4.4.121-92.92.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1245-1SUSE-SU-2018:2344-2SUSE-SU-2018:2637-1SUSE-SU-2018:2366-1SUSE-SU-2018:2344-1SUSE-SU-2018:2332-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-5814 updated cvss 5.3

kernel: Race condition errors in USB over IP functionality can cause denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-alt, python-perf, +9 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Linux Foundation Linux Kernel

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
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References

Sources

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