High severity · published Aug 17, 2018
CVE-2018-15471
An issue was discovered in xenvif_set_hash_mapping in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.1, as used in Xen through 4.11.x and other products
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in xenvif_set_hash_mapping in drivers/net/xen-netback/hash.c in the Linux kernel through 4.18.1, as used in Xen through 4.11.x and other products. The Linux netback driver allows frontends to control mapping of requests to request queues. When processing a request to set or change this mapping, some input validation (e.g., for an integer overflow) was missing or flawed, leading to OOB access in hash handling. A malicious or buggy frontend may cause the (usually privileged) backend to make out of bounds memory accesses, potentially resulting in one or more of privilege escalation, Denial of Service (DoS), or information leaks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 26% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
4.7 before 4.9.133; 4.10 before 4.14.76; 4.15 before 4.18.14 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
XE
Xen · Xen
through 4.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15471
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15471
Vendor Advisory
http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-270.html
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1607
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3819-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3820-2/
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