UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1068

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1068

    Published: 16 Mar 2018Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-1068
    Aliases:
    USN-3654-1
    USN-3654-2
    USN-3656-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1068, https://git.kernel.org/linus/b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b71812168571fa55e44cdd0254471331b9c4c4c6, https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152023808817590&w=2, https://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=152025888924151&w=2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3654-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3654-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3656-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3677-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3677-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3674-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3674-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1068

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-151.201

    Affected versions

    3.11.0-12.19

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High