Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20181091000
Revision Date:2018-03-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-1091 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:In the flush_tmregs_to_thread function in arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 4.13.5, a guest kernel crash can be triggered from unprivileged userspace during a core dump on a POWER host due to a missing processor feature check and an erroneous use of transactional memory (TM) instructions in the core dump path, leading to a denial of service.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-1091
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.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-aws' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-azure' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.13.0-1005.7').
  • OR While related to the CVE in some way, a decision has been made to ignore it (note: 'was needs-triage ESM criteria').
  • 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: '4.13.0-1002.5').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-gke' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-goldfish' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-hwe-edge' package in xenial is not affected (note: '4.13.0-26.29~16.04.2').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-kvm' package in xenial is not affected.
  • 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: '4.13.0-1008.9').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-raspi2' package in xenial is not affected.
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'linux-snapdragon' package in xenial is not affected.
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