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CVE-2018-16885

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel that allows the userspace to call memcpy_fromiovecend() and similar functions with a zero offset and buffer length which causes the read beyond the buffer boundaries, in certain cases causing a memory access fault and a system halt by accessing invalid memory address. This issue only affects kernel version 3.10.x as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.064

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update bpftool-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-abi-whitelists-3.10.0-1062.el7.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-debug-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-debug-devel-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-devel-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-doc-3.10.0-1062.el7.noarch.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-headers-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-tools-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-tools-libs-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update kernel-tools-libs-devel-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update perf-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux
(RHSA-2019:2029) kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update python-perf-3.10.0-1062.el7.x86_64.rpmLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234