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CVE-2018-5333
In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_cmsg_atomic function in net/rds/rdma.c mishandles cases where page pinning fails or an…
Medium5.5EPSS 7.2%
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- mitre
Description
In the Linux kernel through 4.14.13, the rds_cmsg_atomic function in net/rds/rdma.c mishandles cases where page pinning fails or an invalid address is supplied, leading to an rds_atomic_free_op NULL pointer dereference.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.2% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (15)
- DSA-4187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-3617-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3619-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3617-3 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3583-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3632-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-3583-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 102510 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180502 [SECURITY] [DLA 1369-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3617-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3619-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156053/Reliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_atomic_free_op-Privilege-Escalation.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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