VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-5332

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-01-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel through 3.2, the rds_message_alloc_sgs() function does not validate a value that is used during DMA page allocation, leading to a heap-based out-of-bounds write (related to the rds_rdma_extra_size function in net/rds/rdma.c).

Weakness classification

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references