Bug 1580583 (CVE-2018-11232) - CVE-2018-11232 kernel: coresight: kernel panic caused by invalid CPU
Summary: CVE-2018-11232 kernel: coresight: kernel panic caused by invalid CPU
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2018-11232
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: Red Hat1582365 Red Hat1582366
Blocks: Embargoed1580585
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Reported: 2018-05-21 20:40 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2021-09-09 14:10 UTC (History)
51 users (show)

Fixed In Version: kernel 4.10.2
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel in the way the etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the system, or possibly corrupting memory resources intended for a differently specified CPU.
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Last Closed: 2018-06-28 12:37:17 UTC

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-05-21 20:40:13 UTC 
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel before 4.10.2. The etm_setup_aux function in drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etm-perf.c allows attackers to cause a denial of by crashing the system, or possibly corrupting memory resources intended for a differently specified CPU.


References:
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.10.2

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f09444639099584bc4784dfcd85ada67c6f33e0f
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