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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-21008

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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-21008

Published: 4 Sept 2019Last Modified: 9 Sept 2026

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Summary:

Details: An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 4.16.7. A use-after-free can be caused by the function rsi_mac80211_detach in the file drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mac80211.c.

References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-21008, https://git.kernel.org/linus/abd39c6ded9db53aa44c2540092bdd5fb6590fa8, https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.16.7, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=abd39c6ded9db53aa44c2540092bdd5fb6590fa8, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4162-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4163-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4162-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4163-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-21008

Affected packages

Package

Name: linux-aws

Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM

Events:

Introduced- 0

Fixed -4.4.0-1056.60

Affected versions

4.4.0-1002.2

4.4.0-1003.3

4.4.0-1005.5

4.4.0-1006.6

4.4.0-1009.9

4.4.0-1010.10

4.4.0-1011.11

4.4.0-1012.12

4.4.0-1014.14

4.4.0-1016.16

4.4.0-1017.17

4.4.0-1019.19

4.4.0-1022.22

4.4.0-1023.23

4.4.0-1024.25

4.4.0-1025.26

4.4.0-1027.30

4.4.0-1028.31

4.4.0-1029.32

4.4.0-1031.34

4.4.0-1032.35

4.4.0-1034.37

4.4.0-1036.39

4.4.0-1037.40

4.4.0-1038.41

4.4.0-1039.42

4.4.0-1040.43

4.4.0-1042.45

4.4.0-1044.47

4.4.0-1045.48

4.4.0-1046.50

4.4.0-1048.52

4.4.0-1050.54

4.4.0-1052.56

4.4.0-1054.58

4.4.0-1055.59

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