CVE-2018-12714

Publication date 24 June 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 4.17.2. The filter parsing in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c could be called with no filter, which is an N=0 case when it expected at least one line to have been read, thus making the N-1 index invalid. This allows attackers to cause a denial of service (slab out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted perf_event_open and mmap system calls.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-flo 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-aws 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-edge 18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable, work in progress
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-euclid 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gcp 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-gke 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-goldfish 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-grouper 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.18.0-8.9~18.04.1
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-kvm 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-trusty 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-utopic 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-vivid 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-wily 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-lts-xenial 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-maguro 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-mako 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-manta 18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-oem 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi2 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-snapdragon 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
linux

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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