Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017121900000000
Revision Date:2017-11-22Version:1
Title:CVE-2017-12190 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.
Description:The bio_map_user_iov and bio_unmap_user functions in block/bio.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.8 do unbalanced refcounting when a SCSI I/O vector has small consecutive buffers belonging to the same page. The bio_add_pc_page function merges them into one, but the page reference is never dropped. This causes a memory leak and possible system lockup (exploitable against the host OS by a guest OS user, if a SCSI disk is passed through to a virtual machine) due to an out-of-memory condition. Vitaly Mayatskikh discovered that the SCSI subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly track reference counts when merging buffers. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2017-12190
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • linux package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-17.20').
  • OR linux-aws package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
  • OR linux-azure package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
  • OR linux-gcp package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
  • OR linux-kvm package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
  • OR linux-meta package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-17.20').
  • OR linux-meta-aws package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
  • OR linux-meta-azure package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
  • OR linux-meta-gcp package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
  • OR linux-meta-kvm package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
  • OR linux-meta-oem package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.3').
  • OR linux-meta-raspi2 package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1006.6').
  • OR linux-oem package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.3').
  • OR linux-raspi2 package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-1006.6').
  • OR linux-signed package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.13.0-17.20').
  • OR linux-signed-azure package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.2').
  • OR linux-signed-gcp package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1001.1').
  • OR linux-signed-oem package in bionic, is related to the CVE in some way and has been fixed (note: '4.15.0-1002.3').
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