CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-7480

Double Free

Published: Feb 25, 2018 | Modified: Feb 24, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The blkcg_init_queue function in block/blk-cgroup.c in the Linux kernel before 4.11 allows local users to cause a denial of service (double free) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a creation failure.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Linux_kernel Linux 4.1.41 (including) 4.1.51 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 4.3 (including) 4.4.123 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 4.5 (including) 4.9.89 (excluding)
Linux_kernel Linux 4.10 (including) 4.11 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References