High severity · published Dec 18, 2018
CVE-2018-16884
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem
8.0
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. NFS41+ shares mounted in different network namespaces at the same time can make bc_svc_process() use wrong back-channel IDs and cause a use-after-free vulnerability. Thus a malicious container user can cause a host kernel memory corruption and a system panic. Due to the nature of the flaw, privilege escalation cannot be fully ruled out.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 73% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.7 before 3.16.65; 3.17 before 3.18.133; 3.19 before 4.4.171; 4.5 before 4.9.151; 4.10 before 4.14.94; 4.15 before 4.19.16; +1 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Mrg · Redhat
2.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16884
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16884
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106253
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1873
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1891
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2696
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2730
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3309
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