SB2018020137 - Fedora 26 update for kernel
Published: February 1, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018020137
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Race condition (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000004)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to race condition in the sound system. A remote attacker can trigger deadlock and cause the system to crash.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5750)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.The weakness exists due to a flaw in the acpi_smbus_hc_add() function in 'drivers/acpi/sbshc.c'. A local attacker can submit a specially crafted SBS HC printk system call to obtain potentially sensitive address information and potentially bypass kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR) security protection.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.