CVE-2018-7492

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    CVE-2018-7492

    Published: 26 Feb 2018Last Modified: 15 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: A NULL pointer dereference was found in the net/rds/rdma.c __rds_rdma_map() function in the Linux kernel before 4.14.7 allowing local attackers to cause a system panic and a denial-of-service, related to RDS_GET_MR and RDS_GET_MR_FOR_DEST.

    References: https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-1/, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00000.html, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3674-2/, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3677-2/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103185, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2/, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4187, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1527393, https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10096441/, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.7, https://xorl.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/linux-kernel-rdma-null-pointer-dereference/, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f3069c6d33f6ae63a1668737bc78aaaa51bff7ca

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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