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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2018-1130 json

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that…

published 2018-05-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11774

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Linux kernel before version 4.16-rc7 is vulnerable to a null pointer dereference in dccp_write_xmit() function in net/dccp/output.c in that allows a local user to cause a denial of service by a number of certain crafted system calls.

Patch / fix

  • linux linux_kernel 4.16
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.15.17-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1130

  • linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-153.203
  • linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-127.153
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 4.4.0-1022.22
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1060.69
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-1014.14~16.04.1
  • linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.15.0-24.26~16.04.1
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1026.31
  • linux-oem Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1031.35

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1130

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  • kernel RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • python-perf RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • kernel-kdump RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • kernel-firmware RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • kernel-bootwrapper RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • kernel-abi-whitelists RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6
  • kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 RHEL 6 2.6.32-754.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1854RHSA-2018:3096RHSA-2018:3083

  • kernel-syms SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.85.1
  • kernel-source SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.85.1
  • kernel-default SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 4.4.121-92.85.1
  • kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP2_Update_23 SLES 12 SP2-BCL, OpenStack Cloud 7, Enterprise Storage 4 +2 more 1-3.5.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.33.1
  • kernel-syms-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.33.1
  • kernel-rt_trace SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.33.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Real Time 11 SP4 3.0.101.rt130-69.33.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:1855-2SUSE-SU-2018:2637-1SUSE-SU-2018:2366-1SUSE-SU-2018:2332-1SUSE-SU-2018:2092-1SUSE-SU-2018:1855-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1130 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: a null pointer dereference in net/dccp/output.c:dccp_write_xmit() leads to a system crash

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 kernel-rt, mrg-rt-release, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-vanilla, kernel-rt-firmware
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-957.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-957.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-957.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-957.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-957.el7, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-957.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1854
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-957.el7, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-957.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV (v. 7) kernel-rt 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-kvm 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-trace 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-trace-kvm 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7, kernel-rt-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-957.rt56.910.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3096
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-kdump 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-bootwrapper 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1854
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-957.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-kdump 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-957.el7, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1854
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 3.10.0-957.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-firmware 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-abi-whitelists 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1854
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel 3.10.0-957.el7, bpftool 3.10.0-957.el7, python-perf 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools 3.10.0-957.el7, kernel-tools-libs 3.10.0-957.el7, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) python-perf 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-i686 2.6.32-754.el6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 2.6.32-754.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1854
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 3.10.0-957.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3083
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, kernel-alt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-core, kernel-tools, python3-perf, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-957.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-957.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-957.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-957.el7
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) kernel-headers 3.10.0-957.el7
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

  • unspecified kernel

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.