Bug 1539599 (CVE-2018-1066) - CVE-2018-1066 kernel: Null pointer dereference in fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c:setup_ntlmv2_rsp() when empty TargetInfo is returned in NTLMSSP setup negotiation response allowing to crash client's kernel
Summary: CVE-2018-1066 kernel: Null pointer dereference in fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c:setup...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-1066
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1550814 1550815 1550816 1551374 1551375
Blocks: 1539602
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Reported: 2018-01-29 09:51 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2023-12-15 16:01 UTC (History)
38 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 4.11
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's client-side implementation of the cifs protocol. This flaw allows an attacker controlling the server to kernel panic a client which has the CIFS server mounted.
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Last Closed: 2021-10-27 10:54:22 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2018-01-29 09:51:06 UTC 
Null pointer dereference was found in fs/cifs/cifsencrypt.c:setup_ntlmv2_rsp() function that is triggered when empty TargetInfo is returned in NTLMSSP setup negotiation response from Samba server allowing to crash client's kernel.

Bug report:

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10187633/
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