Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.
VOLERION
Volerion Security Research

NOT DEFERRED DATABASE

VULNERABILITIES

CVE-2018-10872 Details

Description

A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel handled exceptions delivered after a stack switch operation via Mov SS or Pop SS instructions. During the stack switch operation, processor does not deliver interrupts and exceptions, they are delivered once the first instruction after the stack switch is executed. An unprivileged system user could use this flaw to crash the system kernel resulting in DoS. This CVE-2018-10872 was assigned due to regression of CVE-2018-8897 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.10 GA kernel. No other versions are affected by this CVE.

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2164 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10872 CVEIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 CVE
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2164 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]
CWE-250Execution with Unnecessary Privileges[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
redhat enterprise linux
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux desktop
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation
6.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-10872
NVD Published Date:
Jul 10, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-10872 Details - Not Deferred