CVE-2018-1130

El kernel de Linux en versiones anteriores a la 4.16-rc7 es vulnerable a una desreferencia de puntero NULL en la función dccp_write_xmit() en net/dccp/output.c en la que un usuario local puede provocar una denegación de servicio mediante un número de llamadas del sistema manipuladas.

A null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in the Linux kernel allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

USN-3654-1 fixed vulnerabilities and added mitigations in the Linux kernel for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update provides the corresponding updates for the Linux Hardware Enablement kernel from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Jann Horn and Ken Johnson discovered that microprocessors utilizing speculative execution of a memory read may allow unauthorized memory reads via a sidechannel attack. This flaw is known as Spectre Variant 4. A local attacker could use this to expose sensitive information, including kernel memory. Various other issues were also addressed.