CVE-2018-1068

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    CVE-2018-1068

    Published: 16 Mar 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in the Linux 4.x kernel's implementation of 32-bit syscall interface for bridging. This allowed a privileged user to arbitrarily write to a limited range of kernel memory.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1170, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1190, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4159, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4188, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3656-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103459, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1318, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1355, https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152023808817590&w=2, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3654-1/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1552048, https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152025888924151&w=2, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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    High