CVE-2018-5333

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    CVE-2018-5333

    Published: 11 Jan 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156053/Reliable-Datagram-Sockets-RDS-rds_atomic_free_op-Privilege-Escalation.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102510, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-3/, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0470, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3617-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3583-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3632-1/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/7d11f77f84b27cef452cee332f4e469503084737

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