Security Advisory
CVE-2018-14646
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
The Linux kernel before 4.15-rc8 was found to be vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference bug in the __netlink_ns_capable() function in the net/netlink/af_netlink.c file. A local attacker could exploit this when a net namespace with a netnsid is assigned to cause a kernel panic and a denial of service.
Published Date
November 26, 2018
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory