CVE-2018-10124

medium

Description

The kill_something_info function in kernel/signal.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13, when an unspecified architecture and compiler is used, might allow local users to cause a denial of service via an INT_MIN argument.

References

http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=4ea77014af0d6205b05503d1c7aac6eace11d473

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040684

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4ea77014af0d6205b05503d1c7aac6eace11d473

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00020.html

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2972021

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-1/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3696-2/

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3754-1/

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2018-04-16

Updated: 2019-03-20

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: LOW

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM