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CVE-2018-10675

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

The do_get_mempolicy function in mm/mempolicy.c in the Linux kernel before 4.12.9 allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted system calls.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04
• Linux kernel: before 3.2.95; from 3.3 before 3.16.50; from 3.17 before 3.18.67; from 3.19 before 4.1.45; from 4.2 before 4.4.84; from 4.5 before 4.9.45 — fixed in 3.16.50, 3.18.67, 3.2.95, 4.1.45, 4.12.9, 4.4.84
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 (+1)
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.7, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: 6.6, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.6
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
• RedHat Virtualization Host: 4.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 3.16.50, 3.18.67, 3.2.95, 4.1.45. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=73223e4e2e3867ebf033a5a8eb2e5df0158ccc99
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104093
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2164
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2384
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2395
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2785
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2791
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2924
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2925
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2933
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3540
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3586

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