| Revision Date: | 2018-07-10 | Version: | 1 | | Title: | CVE-2018-10872 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium. | | Description: | A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, processor does not deliver interrupts and exceptions, they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged system user could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS. This CVE-2018-10872 was assigned due to regression of CVE-2018-8897 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 GA kernel. No other versions are affected by this CVE.
| | Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability | | Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2018-10872
| | Platform(s): | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
| Product(s): | | | Definition Synopsis | | Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed. AND Package Information
NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-euclid' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gcp' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'end-of-life').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'abandoned').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-oem' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected (note: 'RHEL 6 kernel only').
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