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Tracker / CVE-2018-1000199

CVE-2018-1000199

Medium 5.5

The Linux Kernel version 3.18 contains a dangerous feature vulnerability in modify_user_hw_breakpoint() that can result in crash and possibly memory corruption. This attack appear to be exploitable via local code execution and the ability to use ptrace. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in git commit f67b15037a7a50c57f72e69a6d59941ad90a0f0f.

Affected products and versions

canonical ubuntu_linux
debian debian_linux
linux linux_kernel
redhat enterprise_linux
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
redhat enterprise_linux_server
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation

Analysis

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