CVE-2018-10074 Null dereference in n/a

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's HiSilicon clock driver.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2018-10074?

CVE-2018-10074 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 12 Apr 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The hi3660_stub_clk_probe function in drivers/clk/hisilicon/clk-hi3660-stub.c in the Linux kernel before 4.16 allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) by triggering a failure of resource retrieval.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10074?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10074?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10074 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-10074 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10074 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v6qx-2fm9-87cj.

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