Low severity · published Jul 2, 2018
CVE-2018-13053
The alarm_timer_nsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3 has an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe is not…
3.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The alarm_timer_nsleep function in kernel/time/alarmtimer.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.3 has an integer overflow via a large relative timeout because ktime_add_safe is not used.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
through 4.17.3 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-13053
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-13053
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104671
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0831
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2029
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2043
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200303
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git/commit/?id=5f936e19cc0ef97dbe3a56e9498922ad5ba1edef
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