UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6927

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6927

    Published: 12 Feb 2018Last Modified: 26 Aug 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6927
    Aliases:
    USN-3619-1
    USN-3619-2
    USN-3697-1

    Summary:

    Details: The futex_requeue function in kernel/futex.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.15 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by triggering a negative wake or requeue value.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6927, http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fbe0e839d1e22d88810f3ee3e2f1479be4c0aa4a, https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/fbe0e839d1e22d88810f3ee3e2f1479be4c0aa4a, https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.15, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3619-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3697-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3697-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3698-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6927

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.13.0-153.203

    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
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