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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12232

DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12232 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.900000095367432 MEDIUM

In net/socket.c in the Linux kernel through 4.17.1, there is a race condition between fchownat and close in cases where they target the same socket file descriptor, related to the sock_close and sockfs_setattr functions. fchownat does not increment the file descriptor reference count, which allows close to set the socket to NULL during fchownat's execution, leading to a NULL pointer dereference and system crash.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0
5.900000095367432
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux0, 0, 0
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Jun 12, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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