CVE-2018-14619

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    CVE-2018-14619

    Published: 30 Aug 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A flaw was found in the crypto subsystem of the Linux kernel before version kernel-4.15-rc4. The "null skcipher" was being dropped when each af_alg_ctx was freed instead of when the aead_tfm was freed. This can cause the null skcipher to be freed while it is still in use leading to a local user being able to crash the system or possibly escalate privileges.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105200, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948, https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2018-0013, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14619, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b32a7dc8aef1882fbf983eb354837488cc9d54dc

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