SB2018052142 - Fedora 28 update for kernel
Published: May 21, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018052142
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1120)
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can block any read() access to /proc/PID/cmdline by mmap()ing a FUSE file (Filesystem in Userspace) onto this process's command-line arguments, block pgrep, pidof, pkill, ps, and w, either forever (a denial of service), or for some controlled time (a synchronization tool for exploiting other vulnerabilities).
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.